On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Dr Scofield <drscofi...@xyzzyxyzzy.net> wrote: > > Ryan McDougall wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Frisby, Adam <a...@deepthink.com.au> wrote: >>> I disagree. >>> >>> * Commit Rights - those discussions cannot occur in public (although the >>> discussion archives are open to committers after being invited), the reason >>> for this is no-one can be frank & honest without hurting people's feelings. >> >> Firstly, I did waive discussion for commit access. I also waive money >> and legal matters. >> >> Secondly, I disagree with the logic of the link, as it's premised >> entirely on being honest might hurt someone's feelings. Honesty is not >> a function of secrecy. > > i think honesty can be a facilitated by a discussion remaining confidential. > >> And the case of "there was a long drawn out >> discussion about me in which I was not able to represent my myself" >> causing hurt feelings is not considered. > > i can see that point, but i can also see the points made by adam respectively > the points made in the F/OSS guidebook --- in balance (my personal one) i'd > rather have core committers discuss whether i should have voting rights in > private. > >> >> Thirdly, I don't think snowcrash thing is about giving him commit >> access. I don't think things are as neatly compartmentalized as is >> told (though I could be wrong, it's hard to guess from a secret >> mailing list). > > no, you are right on that one. it's a discussion about our understanding of > licensing issues and whether there is indeed an issue here or not.
In that case, unless core is comprised of lawyers, or confidential legal advice is being directly quoted, it might be healthier to discuss in public -- at least so it's readable by those who have a stake in the community. Every community/OSS book that mentions private lists for limited use, in the next breath cautions against over-use. > re compartmentalized: they are, at least we try very hard to. > > DrS > -- > dr dirk husemann ---- virtual worlds research ---- ibm zurich research lab > SL: dr scofield ---- drscofi...@xyzzyxyzzy.net ---- http://xyzzyxyzzy.net/ > RL: h...@zurich.ibm.com - +41 44 724 8573 - http://www.zurich.ibm.com/~hud/ Thanks for all the information -- it makes one feel in the loop an having a voice. Cheers, _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
