It is interesting how everyone in the community seems intent on dividing it, committing suicide by infighting.
Congratulations, Mr. Shuttleworth. You are doing a fine job of doing Microsoft's FUD work for them. On Friday 24 November 2006 19:16, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > Novell’s decision to go to great lengths to circumvent the patent > framework clearly articulated in the GPL has sent shockwaves through the > community. If you are an OpenSUSE developer who is concerned about the > long term consequences of this pact, you may be interested in some of > the events happening next week as part of the Ubuntu Open Week: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek > > We are hosting a series of introductory sessions for people who want to > join the Ubuntu community - in any capacity, including developers and > package maintainers. If you want to find out how Ubuntu works, how to > contribute or participate, or how to get specific items addressed, there > will be something for you. I’ll also be on IRC on Tuesday 28th to answer > any questions you may have of me specifically, such as Luis’ questions > about our position on software patents at > http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/11/22/and-ubuntus-patent-stand/ > > There are a couple of sessions that would be particularly interesting > for folks familiar with OpenSUSE. The Kubuntu team is hosting some > events during the week to look at KDE and Ubuntu and to discuss the > roadmap of their project. There are also a few events being hosted by > the Ubuntu Desktop team’s, which I think should include some discussion > of the ideas that came from the recent Ubuntu Developer Summit in > Mountain View. There are a couple of Packaging 101 and Package > Maintenance sessions too, specifically for developers. > > Ubuntu is structured to empower our community to get things done, and to > maximise the opportunity for collaboration between teams that share a > common vision (even if it’s not 100% of their vision, such as between > the Gnome, KDE and XFCE desktop teams). While we’re always open to new > members, we thought it would be a good idea to identify a dedicated week > where new members would be the focus for our whole project. > > If you have an interest in being part of a vibrant community that cares > about keeping free software widely available and protecting the rights > of people to get it free of charge, free to modify, free of murky > encumbrances and “undisclosed balance sheet liabilities”, then please do > join us. > > I know that posting this message to an OpenSUSE list will be > controversial. I'm greatly respectful of the long tradition of > excellence in the SuSE product and community and have no desire to > undermine that with this post. That said, I think the position taken by > Novell leadership in their contract with Microsoft is hugely > disrespectful of the contributions of thousands of GPL programmers and > contributors to SuSE, and I know that many are looking for a new place > to get involved that is not subject to the same arbitrary executive > intervention. Ubuntu is one option, as are Gentoo, Debian and other > communities. Please accept this mail in that spirit. > > Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
