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On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:30 PM, W. Trevor King <wking@×××××××.us> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 09:58:32PM +0100, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote: |
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>> https://www.ohloh.net/orgs/gentoo |
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> I'm not a dev, and I haven't really been following this thread, but |
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> all the other organization summaries start out with something like |
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> Organization X is … |
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> not |
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> In order to sustain the current quality … |
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> Perhaps it would be worth rewriting to start with |
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> The Gentoo Foundation is … |
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Yeah, that was my thought as well. The text was lifted from our |
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charter, which was apparently written from a problem/solution |
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standpoint rather than something that would be less time-bound. It |
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doesn't really make sense having the organization description written |
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as if it describes something that doesn't yet exist. |
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Gleaning from the same document, but in a more positive way, how about: |
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The Gentoo Foundation protects the intellectual property of the Gentoo |
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community, supports Gentoo Development, and oversees adherence to the |
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Gentoo social contract. It oversees all legal aspects of the Gentoo |
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community, so that developers are free to advance the technical goals |
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of Gentoo. |
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The Gentoo Foundation keeps four pillars in mind: |
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1. Gentoo provides choices |
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2. Gentoo is open |
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3. Gentoo lives for the community, by the community |
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4. Gentoo is independent |
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Rich |
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