I read through the current draft of the organization charter and it seems like a great start. But parts of the Code of Conduct seem too restrictive especially for my situation. I am self-employed - been in business for just over 5 years. I recently discovered web2py and think its a great framework. Once I have gain some hands-on experience (I'm currently working on a couple of solutions for my company) I plan to promote it to my customers. So the "Organization" is of interested to me.
To paraphrase parts of the Code of Conduct, the Code of Conduct applies to interaction between members and its customers and does not extend to customers of the employer unless the employer is willing to abide to the code of conduct. The member agrees to inform the Organization about his/her customers, and the member agrees to recommend and provide software solutions that are based on open standards and open source software technologies and are cross- platform. And the member agrees to inform the Organization about his/ her customers. In my situation I'm both the employee and employer. The majority of my customers prefer I not share their names. In some cases this is even written into the contracts. And while I always recommend the best platforms/technologies for the customer's needs, which is more and more based on open source technologies, I do not always provide solutions that are cross-platform, based on open standards, or leverage open source technologies. Unfortunately there are times - more often then not - when my customer will control these types of decisions and those decisions would focus me to go against the Code of Conduct. So while I like the spirit of the Code of Conduct, I feel it might be too restrictive for my situation should I become a member of the "Organization". Possible solutions that might make the Code of Conduct sound less restrictive include: - Change wording from "The member agrees to recommend and provide" to something like "The member agrees to recommend and provide when possible". - Change "The member agrees to inform the Organization about his/her customers" to something like "The member agrees to inform the Organization about his/her customers, with approval from the customer," Comments/thoughts? -KIRBY --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" 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/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
