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I've had discussion about ideas with a few innovation academics: the think i am on another planet when i tell them the Tiddly IP is owned by a charity. They don't believe me when I tell them about the TW project. Is it common for Open Source projects? Is it common in R&D in companies like BT? -------- many appologies in many fields. ALex 2009/2/21 Alex Hough <[email protected]>: > Hi Paul, > > when I wrote > > "It would be interesting for the community to know what is going on > behind the scenes with BT and Unamesa, to be privy to conversations > and debates and to be able contribute." > > ... the word 'interesting' was not meant to allude to anything > sinister. Rather 'interesting' from a business structure point of > view. I've had discussion about ideas with a few innovation academics: > the think i am on another planet when i tell them the Tiddly IP is > owned by a charity. They don't believe me when I tell them about the > TW project. > > I can't contribute code, but have a research interest in creativity > and organisational structure. I thought that I would be able to help > in some way. I do appreciate that there is a difference in asking > questions and delving into the workings of companies; the business of > a business is their own business. I am not wanting to butt in, but i > think that there is some genuinely interesting new ground and a model > for community organisaton and cooperation that could be applied > elsewhere. > > > Alex > ---- > > When > > 2009/2/21 Paul Downey (psd) <[email protected]>: >> >> On Feb 21, 10:43 am, Alex Hough <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> With the unusual structure of the TiddlyWiki project, some interesting >>> governance issues arise. >>> Would it be in appropriate for these issues to be discussed on the group? >>> >>> It would be interesting for the community to know what is going on >>> behind the scenes with BT and Unamesa, to be privy to conversations >>> and debates and to be able contribute. >> >> Crumbs that sounds quite sinister! Speaking for myself, and not for >> BT, from where I sit the only thing going on behind closed the scenes >> are stuff you'd expect to go on behind closed doors, e.g. sponsorship. >> Beyond that I'm unaware of any hidden hand. There are no meetings in >> Area 51. There is no Grassy Knoll :) If that doesn't reassure you, >> then I suggest you start a thread with some specific concerns and we >> can get someone from Osmosoft and UnaMesa to answer them. >> >> Note: if it's the technical direction of TiddlyWiki which worries you, >> then that's a very different issue. TiddlyWiki is a fairly typical >> Open Source project in that the direction is steered by developers >> contributing trac tickets, patches, code, and Jeremy as our BDFL >> taking editorial control. We now have other core committers including >> Martin Budden and FND, but it's Jeremy who ultimately decides which >> contributions are released and which remain as plugins, extensions and >> forks. That path continues to be very transparent, and observable from >> trac: http://trac.tiddlywiki.org/ >> >> As in most any decision process there are discussions behind those >> decisions taking place on trac, this and the developer mailing lists, >> on irc, directly over email, IM and face to face discussion, sometimes >> over frothy drinks. It's not always to the satisfaction of everybody, >> but in life, nothing ever is! If you want to influence the discussion, >> it's simple: choose a venue which suits you and continue to >> contribute! >> >> Paul (psd) >> -- >> http://blog.whatfettle.com >> >> >> > > > > -- > t: 0161 442 2202 > m: 0781 372 50 17 > skype: alexhough > delicious: alexhough > -- t: 0161 442 2202 m: 0781 372 50 17 skype: alexhough delicious: alexhough --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
