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On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 08:19 -0400, Seemant Kulleen wrote: |
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> On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 13:29 +0200, Denis Dupeyron wrote: |
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> > Why not simply allow trustees to veto a council decision ? This does |
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> > not give trustees enough power to be a second council, but would |
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> > permit them to stop something that they believe will damage Gentoo. |
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> > This is very little red tape IMHO. |
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> I believe that the trustees do not necessarily have any jurisdiction |
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> over the council. They are concerned with legal type matters that |
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> affect the foundation, not with technical and political things within |
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> Gentoo itself. I could be wrong about this, but that's how I read it. |
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Correct. Currently, the Council (or anyone, really) would have to do |
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something to endanger our copyrights, trademarks, or our legal standing |
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for the trustees to do anything. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering Strategic Lead |
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Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams |
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Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee |
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Gentoo Foundation |
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