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> I'd rather have everything on hold for a day or more while |
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> you think out what the problems you have with the changes we |
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> might be considering, instead of letting things start to boil |
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> over with misunderstanding. |
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It is really not relevant whether or not I have a problem. My question is |
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one of principle -- if you decide to change the agreement, then am I also |
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allowed to change the agreement? "Yes," "no," or "it depends?" |
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If the answer is "it depends," then what criteria is used to decide what |
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parts of the agreement can be changed, and which party has the authority to |
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make the change? And what policy do we have (if any exists) for changes to |
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be made? These are all legitimate questions, and you (trustees) should be |
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able and willing to discuss these issues without feeling threatened. |
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Sorry for raising an unpleasant subject, but once an agreement becomes |
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fluid, it ceases to be an agreement, at least in my mind. If you don't want |
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to be a trade association, there's nothing stopping you from also ignoring |
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the plan for having developer-members. In fact, you can't have |
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developer-members with a federal charity since you can't place as much |
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restrictions on membership. What if I made a past commitment to have |
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developer-members to some Gentoo developers? Then this change from c6 to c3 |
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would amount to me breaking a commitment to the development team. I |
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explained in my email (that I forwarded) that the proposal I outlined was an |
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attempt to balance _my_ various commitments. I went forward with the plan |
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because I viewed it as a way to meet my commitments and also allow a |
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positive future for Gentoo. The goal of the plan was not to pursue the best |
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interests of any one party (including Gentoo, otherwise part of the |
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agreement would have me working as a Gentoo slave for the rest of my life,) |
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but to find a healthy balance. |
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To get to the point, if we are treating our good faith agreement as a |
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contract, then typically you would require the agreement of all parties |
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(that would include me) to make the change. If we are not treating our good |
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faith agreement as a contract, then what is its signficance? Is it simply a |
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set of guidelines? Something in-between a set of guidelines and a contract? |
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A "best effort?" If so, then you shouldn't have a problem with me making |
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slight modifications to the guidelines as well so that they are more in my |
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interests without any need for explanation, right? |
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If you represent Gentoo, and you are changing the agreement to be in the |
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best interests of Gentoo, then why can't I, as the other party in the |
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agreement, also make other changes to be in my best interests? Or are |
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Gentoo's interests more legitimate than my interests? I hope not. |
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I'd just like to know whether you view the email that I forwarded as an |
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agreement that we are all trying to follow in good faith, or a suggested |
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course of action that neither party is under any obligation to follow? Or |
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something in-between? I'd honestly like to know, and I'm asking this |
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question in an honest attempt to understand your expectations of me and what |
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expectations I should have of you. It's an attempt to get on the same page. |
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Regards, |
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Daniel |
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