Adrian: Exactly, but we should try to get it by argument before going
to majority rule or whatever system we choose.
Alain: Agreed.
Adrian: As mentioned in my other letter, I'd like to avoid forking
where possible (not always, just where possible).
Alain: Permit it but avoid it. Agreed.
>Alain: This is indeed the crux of the problem. Who
>has the authority to make decisions?
>Anthony: The person doing the work, I'd argue.
Adrian: But everyone's doing the work. The coding is only as important
as the GUI and the collaboration aspects. There will be more than one
person doing the work, that's the point of collaboration.
Alain: Exactly.
Adrian: We can't avoid such situations. We need to answer Alain's
questions and set up policies on these matters before the problems
arise. Then when they do arise, we just go through the motions.
Alain: Quite right.
Adrian: Forking is not a way of keeping the group together. It's a way
of splitting it up.
Alain: This is my feeling too.
Adrian: In the early stages I don't think OpenCard could survive a
fork, there's just not enough support for it. Later on, forking will
become a viable option to solve disputes, but I think it is extremely
risky to fork now.
Alain: Your caution is well-founded in my view.
>Anthony: It sounds like we're getting back to my
>Constitution proposal.
Adrian: Yes, I'd forgotten about that. My apologies. Is it available on
the web somewhere. I believe it was for the UFP but it should be able
to be adapted to OpenCard easily.
Alain: Perhaps Anthony was suggesting a constitutional proposal other
than the one we were working on in the UFP.
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