Re: Board of Directors Elections 2019 - Candidacy - Jeremy Allison
On Sat, Jun 01, 2019 at 07:08:12PM -0700, Jeremy Allison via foundation-list wrote: > Yes, thanks for the correction Karen. Not being a lawyer means I'm often > not very precise about these things (I'm very precise about my technical > terminology instead :-). > > [...] > > > > I don't currently contribute other than helping the > > > gnome-vfs maintainers use one of the libraries (libsmbclient) of > > > my primary project, Samba to access SMB1/2/3 servers. Then allow me to nitpick and point out that it's GVfs, not gnome-vfs. :) It's been a while since GnomeVFS [1] has been deprecated and replaced by GVfs [2,3] and the application-facing API is fronted by GIO [4]. Either way, I appreciate your help maintaining the Samba backend, and your interest in running for the board! [1] https://developer.gnome.org/gnome-vfs/ [2] https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gvfs [3] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/ [4] https://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/ ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Board of Directors Elections 2019 - Candidacy - Jeremy Allison
Yes, thanks for the correction Karen. Not being a lawyer means I'm often not very precise about these things (I'm very precise about my technical terminology instead :-). Yes, I checked with Google to make sure they had no objections and I was encouraged to apply for the position. I hope people who know me well know I'm fiercely independent and quite capable of acting against the interests of my employer if I personally think it's the right thing to do. Jeremy. On Sat, Jun 1, 2019, 6:51 PM Karen Sandler wrote: > On 2019-05-31 19:34, Jeremy Allison via foundation-list wrote: > > Name: Jeremy Allison > > Email: j...@google.com, j...@samba.org > > Affiliation: Google > > IRC: Don't use it - I'm too old so I use email instead :-). > > Hi Jeremy! I'm so excited to see you running for the GF board! > > > > I'd like to run for the Gnome Foundation Board of Directors > > on behalf of Google. > > Because GF is a 501c3 and a charitable organization, board members serve > in an individual capacity and not on behalf of any company. I know you > were probably just being casual with your wording choice when you wrote > this, but I felt I should double check that you probably mean that you'd > like to run for the GF board on your own behalf but bring with you the > perspective of being a Googler... is that right? > > > > > I've used Gnome for as long as it has been available > > as a GNU/Linux desktop. > > > > I don't currently contribute other than helping the > > gnome-vfs maintainers use one of the libraries (libsmbclient) of > > my primary project, Samba to access SMB1/2/3 servers. > > > > I have a long (25+ years) experience with Free and Open > > Source Software, mostly to do with my primary project > > Samba. > > > > I am on the Board of Directors of the Software Freedom > > Conservancy, and on the Advisory Board of the Document > > Foundation (LibreOffice). > > > We've very much appreciated your contributions over the years on > Conservancy's board! > > > I perform my board duties diligently as required. > > > > I'd like to help support Gnome and promote it as a > > desktop environment within Google and outside of > > Google. > > > > I've had my differences with some of the design > > decisions in the past (as Karen Sandler can attest :-), > > but I would really like to help add my experience > > and enthusiasm for Free and Open Source Software > > to the project. > > :D > > karen > ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Board of Directors Elections 2019 - Candidacy - Jeremy Allison
On 2019-05-31 19:34, Jeremy Allison via foundation-list wrote: Name: Jeremy Allison Email: j...@google.com, j...@samba.org Affiliation: Google IRC: Don't use it - I'm too old so I use email instead :-). Hi Jeremy! I'm so excited to see you running for the GF board! I'd like to run for the Gnome Foundation Board of Directors on behalf of Google. Because GF is a 501c3 and a charitable organization, board members serve in an individual capacity and not on behalf of any company. I know you were probably just being casual with your wording choice when you wrote this, but I felt I should double check that you probably mean that you'd like to run for the GF board on your own behalf but bring with you the perspective of being a Googler... is that right? I've used Gnome for as long as it has been available as a GNU/Linux desktop. I don't currently contribute other than helping the gnome-vfs maintainers use one of the libraries (libsmbclient) of my primary project, Samba to access SMB1/2/3 servers. I have a long (25+ years) experience with Free and Open Source Software, mostly to do with my primary project Samba. I am on the Board of Directors of the Software Freedom Conservancy, and on the Advisory Board of the Document Foundation (LibreOffice). We've very much appreciated your contributions over the years on Conservancy's board! I perform my board duties diligently as required. I'd like to help support Gnome and promote it as a desktop environment within Google and outside of Google. I've had my differences with some of the design decisions in the past (as Karen Sandler can attest :-), but I would really like to help add my experience and enthusiasm for Free and Open Source Software to the project. :D karen ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Board of Directors Elections 2019 - Candidacy - Jeremy Allison
On 5/31/19 4:43 PM, James wrote: > Hi Jeremy! > > Really glad to see that you're running for the board! > > Assuming I'm correct in that we're allowed to ask questions to > prospective candidates here, I'll throw in a few... > (Other candidates are welcome to answer as well.) > > 1) What distribution(s) do you use on your personal and work laptops > and desktops? Work desktop uses a custom distro based on debian (gLinux). Can't go into more details due to corporate rules :-). The desktop here is based on Cinnamon, which is a Gnome3 fork I believe. At home I have several Ubuntu machines (laptops and desktops). The family generally use Canonical's Unity as that's what they got used to. I bounce between Unity and Gnome3 as distributed on the latest Ubuntu release (19.04 is the latest I upgraded). > 2) What's the biggest technical difficulty you've had with modern GNOME? Hmm. Mostly it "just works (tm)" :-). The things I used to complain about with Nautilus got re-added back in the latest releases. Would be nice to see Wayland finished and become the default display server but that's not Gnome's project. > 3) How will you help GNOME succeed on modern mobile devices where the > hardware is often very locked down or difficult to get running on? That's a really hard one :-). As you may know, I'm really not a fan of DRM, but we had some success on Chromebooks which have a developer mode allowing non-Google code to be installed due to the requirements of GPLv3 code - so GPLv3 anti-drm features (which I had a hand in adding to the license) are very important. Locked down environments are unpleasantly susceptible to security holes which can't be fixed other than by the vendor. At a recent CERT meeting in San Francisco I attended I did make the point that license compliance is the first step in being able to report a software Bill Of Materials which is the basis of tracking any security problems in the Free Software/Open Source components a company may ship (and *everyone* ships FLOSS code these days). To cut a long story short, we won't fix this overnight, but patience and education to vendors is our only possible path forward. > Thanks and good luck! You have my support =D > James Thanks ! Jeremy. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Board of Directors Elections 2019 - Candidacy - Jeremy Allison
On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 7:35 PM Jeremy Allison via foundation-list wrote: > > Name: Jeremy Allison > Email: j...@google.com, j...@samba.org > Affiliation: Google > IRC: Don't use it - I'm too old so I use email instead :-). > > I'd like to run for the Gnome Foundation Board of Directors > on behalf of Google. > > I've used Gnome for as long as it has been available > as a GNU/Linux desktop. > > I don't currently contribute other than helping the > gnome-vfs maintainers use one of the libraries (libsmbclient) of > my primary project, Samba to access SMB1/2/3 servers. > > I have a long (25+ years) experience with Free and Open > Source Software, mostly to do with my primary project > Samba. > > I am on the Board of Directors of the Software Freedom > Conservancy, and on the Advisory Board of the Document > Foundation (LibreOffice). > > I perform my board duties diligently as required. > > I'd like to help support Gnome and promote it as a > desktop environment within Google and outside of > Google. > > I've had my differences with some of the design > decisions in the past (as Karen Sandler can attest :-), > but I would really like to help add my experience > and enthusiasm for Free and Open Source Software > to the project. > > Thank you for your consideration. > > Jeremy Allison, > Google Open Source Programs Office, > Co-Author of the Samba project. Hi Jeremy! Really glad to see that you're running for the board! Assuming I'm correct in that we're allowed to ask questions to prospective candidates here, I'll throw in a few... (Other candidates are welcome to answer as well.) 1) What distribution(s) do you use on your personal and work laptops and desktops? 2) What's the biggest technical difficulty you've had with modern GNOME? 3) How will you help GNOME succeed on modern mobile devices where the hardware is often very locked down or difficult to get running on? Thanks and good luck! You have my support =D James ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Board of Directors Elections 2019 - Candidacy - Jeremy Allison
Name: Jeremy Allison Email: j...@google.com, j...@samba.org Affiliation: Google IRC: Don't use it - I'm too old so I use email instead :-). I'd like to run for the Gnome Foundation Board of Directors on behalf of Google. I've used Gnome for as long as it has been available as a GNU/Linux desktop. I don't currently contribute other than helping the gnome-vfs maintainers use one of the libraries (libsmbclient) of my primary project, Samba to access SMB1/2/3 servers. I have a long (25+ years) experience with Free and Open Source Software, mostly to do with my primary project Samba. I am on the Board of Directors of the Software Freedom Conservancy, and on the Advisory Board of the Document Foundation (LibreOffice). I perform my board duties diligently as required. I'd like to help support Gnome and promote it as a desktop environment within Google and outside of Google. I've had my differences with some of the design decisions in the past (as Karen Sandler can attest :-), but I would really like to help add my experience and enthusiasm for Free and Open Source Software to the project. Thank you for your consideration. Jeremy Allison, Google Open Source Programs Office, Co-Author of the Samba project. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
