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On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 15:17, Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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> I agree. I think I have been trying to solve too many problems at once |
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> rather than approach this one step at a time. I am a perfectionist. It's |
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> also human nature to try to make "version 2" of something incredibly complex |
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> and sophisticated so as to solve all problems with "version 1". This |
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> tendency is called "the second system effect." And it looks like I've fallen |
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> victim to the second system effect in planning the next entity for Gentoo. |
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> Because of my desire to not let anyone down, I've become paralyzed and am |
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> letting everyone down. That's not my intention. We can address the funding |
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> issues later and get the NFP set up this month. |
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We definitely should not hold up the NFP any longer. Especially when |
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both goals can be met in the long run. |
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> It would be incredibly helpful to me to get a consensus on the type of model |
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> (either closed and non-co-optable or open and potentially co-optable) that |
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> people would prefer for the NFP. I, like Kurt, lean towards the closed model |
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> but I also realize that I will likely be part of this "closed" group so my |
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> viewpoint may be skewed. I have also had some concerns about the conduct and |
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> effectiveness of the management team, but I think that those issues can |
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> probably be addressed by having better-defined standards and policies (such |
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> as the draft "IMPORTANT: devrel procedure (long)" email I posted to -core |
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> earlier today. |
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I also would prefer the closed model. For one, it seems to be a bit |
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more familiar to people, and also it blocks outside attempts at |
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takeover. I speak from a "little chance of being in the group" |
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perspective, and I'm quite happy with that. I like to spend my free |
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time working on Gentoo, not reading up on so-and-so's accomplishments |
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this week so I can vote once again on the new yahoo manager of the |
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week. A Linux distribution such as Gentoo has quite a bit of feedback |
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intrinsic in its design. |
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> The key decision to make is whether the NFP is membership-based (and open to |
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> take-over) or non-membership (and thus by its nature non-democratic.) It |
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> seems like most are OK with an NFP that |
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> Is not open to take-over and is held accountable by the fact that developers |
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> and users can vote with their feet. |
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I agree completely. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Games Team |
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