On 02/05/2016 02:41 PM, Doug Hellmann wrote: > Excerpts from Dean Troyer's message of 2016-02-05 12:27:44 -0600: >> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Doug Hellmann <d...@doughellmann.com> >> wrote: >> >>> So, is Poppy "open core"? >>> >> >> It doesn't follow the 'spirit' of open core, but it does have some of the >> characteristics, in that the open code is not all that useful, or maybe >> even testable, without the commercial component(s) (at this time). >> >> So while Poppy may not fully qualify for the open core label, it still >> fails some of the tests that we want to see, such as a usable open source >> implementation. >> >> dt >> > > Testability is certainly an issue. There are ways to deal with the > limitations, though. Is it any different from the other third-party > CI we support for hardware drivers? Maybe it means no project wants > to rely on Poppy because there's no way to set up integration tests. > That's OK. We have other projects that don't have dependencies. > > I'm not comfortable separating the intent aspect of the definition > of "open core" from the effect. We set rules for the community to > codify the culture and to discourage bad behavior. Nothing the Poppy > team has done qualifies as bad behavior. What is the point of > penalizing them with a strict interpretation of a rule meant to > address a different problem? > > Doug > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > I think we create problems for ourselves if we start equating the use of the word no with punishment or penalty.
Sometimes no is a response that is chosen by one party for reasons having nothing to do with punishment or penalty. I think the two are separate. Thank you, Anita. __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
