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On 1/20/08, Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> wrote: |
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> Daniel, |
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> If you research the time line you will find posts on -nfp that indicate |
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> that the foundation problem was being raised within Gentoo before |
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> drobbins infamous blog post. |
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> As some/all of the assets that were supposed to transfer to the |
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> foundation were still owned by drobbins, its likely (this is |
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> speculation on my part) that someone was talking to him about |
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> completing the transfer. It follows that he knew what was going on with |
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> respect to resolving the gentoo foundation issue *before* he made his |
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> blog post. |
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> That backs up what Steve Long is saying. |
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> Incidently, the Foundation is a peculiarly USA legal device. So its |
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> important in the USA only. Its existence (or not) only changes the way |
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> Gentoos assets are owned. It does not affect the way the technical part |
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> of Gentoo operates. Indeed, as a part of his leaving Gentoo, drobbins |
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> set up the council and foundation as separate bodies. Its a bit of a |
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> mystery why he needs control of both bodies to resolve what is purely a |
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> foundation issue. |
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Roy, |
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Thank you for these details. However, I think there is a need for a |
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clarification, especially coming from my side. I wasn't targeting with |
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what I said the legal status of the Foundation, and not even D. |
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Robbins who is the central character of this story. It's too bad that |
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some people jump into a fight position but maybe this is |
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understandable too, given the conditions. I was refering to the fact |
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that, judging by what I saw happening especially on the forums these |
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days, there may be some real feeling of unsatisfaction into the |
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community, or at least into a part of it. Maybe we are looking into a |
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wrong direction. The paperwork "drama" might not be the most important |
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issue here, even though it may be the one that triggered all the |
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thing. Looking at what the users posted, some of them seem to be |
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disappointed by the technical matters they encountered over years, and |
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some other by the social climate into the community and they way it |
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evolved. Now I find it unlikely that this feeling was caused entirely |
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by a blog post, or at least not to that extent. Maybe I'm wrong. I |
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hope I am. |
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Regards, |
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Daniel |
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