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On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:47:30 -0400 |
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Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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> i think this whole idea is a moot point anyways ... go visit the |
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> Gentoo Foundation web site and see Chapter 2 Section 5 |
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> -mike |
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> Gentoo is independent |
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> Gentoo will never be reigned by a company nor be dictated by an |
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> organisation. |
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Hi vapier, thanks for pointing this out. Am I wrong to assume from your |
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responses in this thread to ciaranm's "hypothetical" case that the |
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current council have not implemented any policy at the instruction of an |
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external company or organisation? Or under the threat of the withdrawal |
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of services that company/organisation provides to us? |
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I ask because when I was concerned to read this conversation in |
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#gentoo-council: |
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2007-03-15 15:15 <@wolf31o2|mobile> we're entrusted by certain outside |
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parties to not disclose things that are spoken to us in confidence |
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2007-03-15 15:18 < tove> wolf31o2|mobile: how are outside parties |
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involved in "our" coc? i don't understand this. can you please |
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elaborate on it? |
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2007-03-15 15:19 <@wolf31o2|mobile> tove: no, I cannot elaborate, nor |
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do I care to... just realize that Gentoo has responsibilities to |
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outside parties that provide services and goods to Gentoo... we |
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have relationships that we would like to maintain... and that's about |
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all I can say (or have time to say... I am at work) |
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I certainly inferred that the council had been told do "something" or |
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"outside parties that provide services and goods to Gentoo" would cease |
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to "maintain" that relationship. While there is some ambiguity in what |
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wolf31o2 said, it certainly doesn't read to me that this is a preemptive |
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measure, especially as the first line references already having been |
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told something in confidence. |
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I admit I haven't asked wolf31o2 about this, but then he implied he was |
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forbidden from discussing it further. Perhaps you have not been so |
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constrained by an outside organisation? |
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I'm unsure of what the procedure is for quoting irclogs in a mail is |
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really, but you'll find about 5 minutes either side of that conversation |
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here: http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbrown/gentoo-council.log |
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Regards, |
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Richard Brown |
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