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I haven't seen any nastiness in this thread, but I have to agree to an |
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extent with C. Brewer's comments. If you are using a gentoo.org e-mail |
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address, you are obviously a dev, and are acting on behalf of Gentoo |
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itself - regardless of whether or not you preface you comment with |
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"These opinions are my own, not (necessarily) those of Gentoo." As a |
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developer, your opinions are a large part of what makes up Gentoo, and |
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so _do_ reflect on Gentoo as a whole. It seems being a developer should |
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carry some responsibility with it, without place for a "I only act like |
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a dev when I feel like it" attitude. |
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On the other hand, I don't mean to point any fingers in this specific |
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instance - especially not at Jon, who IMHO represents Gentoo well - but |
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there _are_ some devs out there who on occasion through bickering and |
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nasty remarks give _all_ Gentoo devs, and Gentoo itself, a bad name. |
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For most of us, it doesn't make the slightest difference whether or not |
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you add a "these are my own opinions" disclaimer. You're still a Gentoo |
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developer making a comment. A meaningless disclaimer doesn't change |
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that. |
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On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 22:40, Jon Portnoy wrote: |
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> > > |
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> > > I can put a "Opinions are my own and not those of Gentoo Linux or any |
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> > > other entity unless stated otherwise" disclaimer in my sig like I do on |
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> > > the forums if it's necessary. |
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> > Being not the first time I've heard something along these lines, forgive me if |
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> > I am slightly skeptical. Opinions are your own, regardless of if they |
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> > coincide with Gentoo's. But as a person who is entitled to any opinion, nasty |
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> > or otherwise, while yet still at least partly responsible for steering the |
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> > distibution... where does the line get drawn? Do we take nasty responses as |
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> > merely personal opinion until a required number of devs have a similar view |
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> > on it, and then it's official? |
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> I'd like to think I'm frank about things rather than an asshole about |
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> things, in any case. |
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> ("But I thought you were Jon...") |
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> In all seriousness, I haven't seen anyone say anything especially |
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> inflammatory. |
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