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W dniu wto, 10.04.2018 o godzinie 15∶58 -0500, użytkownik Matthew Thode |
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> On 18-04-10 22:50:32, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > W dniu wto, 10.04.2018 o godzinie 14∶56 -0500, użytkownik Matthew Thode |
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> > napisał: |
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> > > On 18-04-10 21:54:57, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > W dniu wto, 10.04.2018 o godzinie 14∶47 -0500, użytkownik Matthew Thode |
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> > > > napisał: |
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> > > > > On 18-04-10 21:41:47, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > > > W dniu wto, 10.04.2018 o godzinie 14∶39 -0500, użytkownik Matthew Thode |
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> > > > > > napisał: |
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> > > > > > > On 18-04-10 21:23:26, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > > > > > W dniu wto, 10.04.2018 o godzinie 12∶47 -0500, użytkownik Matthew Thode |
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> > > > > > > > napisał: |
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> > > > > > > > > On 18-04-10 19:28:11, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > > > > > > > W dniu pon, 09.04.2018 o godzinie 12∶50 -0500, użytkownik Matthew Thode |
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> > > > > > > > > > napisał: |
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> > > > > > > > > > > On 18-04-09 18:57:27, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > But let's get to the details. |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > Your proposal -- once again -- makes Trustees the highest-level |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > governing body of Gentoo and reduces Council to technical matters. This |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > is against GLEP 39 which clearly states that Council is responsible for |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > all global decisions and as far as I'm aware is the most recent policy |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > defining the role of Council. Unless you have a strong reason to |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > believe that this policy has been illegally forced upon Gentoo, you are |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > not 'formalizing' anything but attempting to change well-established |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > metastructure and outright lying to the community that the current state |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > is undefined. |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > I believe that Trustees can't be the highest governing body of Gentoo |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > for a number of reasons. I will enumerate those I can think of below: |
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> > > > > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > > > > GLEP 39 is not legally binding. This proposal would make glep 39 need |
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> > > > > > > > > > > changes (mainly that there would be a governing body above council). At |
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> > > > > > > > > > > that point glep 39 could possibly be made into a bylaw. |
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> > > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > > > Are you saying that Trustees do not have to respect the result of vote |
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> > > > > > > > > > done among all Gentoo developers? |
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> > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > > The trustees are beholden to those that elected them, namely the |
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> > > > > > > > > foundation membership, while many of them are developers, some are not. |
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> > > > > > > > > So, no, we do not have to respect a result of those that are not our |
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> > > > > > > > > members. |
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> > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > What is your claim, exactly? Are you saying that back in 2005 |
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> > > > > > > > the Foundation members and developers were disjoint the way they are |
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> > > > > > > > today? Or are you claiming that Trustees don't have to respect old |
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> > > > > > > > rules because they have accepted additional non-developer members |
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> > > > > > > > afterwards? |
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> > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > According to LDAP, you have joined Gentoo in 2011. GLEP 39 was |
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> > > > > > > > effective already back then, and unless your recruitment was much |
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> > > > > > > > different from mine (2010), you should've been taught about it. So why |
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> > > > > > > > the sudden surprise about it? |
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> > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > The Trustees are responsible to those that elected them (Foundation |
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> > > > > > > members). |
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> > > > > > > I as a Gentoo Developer should respect GLEP 39. |
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> > > > > > > I as a Gentoo Trustee do not need to respect GLEP 39. |
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> > > > > > > These are different roles. I think selinux did role based behavior well. |
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> > > > > > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/SELinux/Role-based_access_control |
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> > > > > > Does that mean that I as Gentoo Developer does not have to respect |
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> > > > > > the decisions made by Trustees? In that case I suppose all we have to |
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> > > > > > do is leave the Foundation. |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > You are still using the Gentoo name working on foundation owned |
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> > > > > resources. You as a developer need to respect the Trustees in that |
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> > > > > respect. The council needs to respect the foundation for legal / |
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> > > > > monetary reasons. If the Trustees/Foundation makes a decision |
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> > > > > regarding what it owns it needs to be obeyed (as long as it's legal of |
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> > > > > course). I'm probably missing something here though. |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > |
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> > > > ...and at the same time Foundation receives money from users who are |
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> > > > using Gentoo not because of what the Trustees do but because of the work |
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> > > > *developers* put into the distribution. So why do the Trustees not have |
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> > > > to respect the developers? |
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> > > > |
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> > > I want to make sure I answer the question you are actually asking, what |
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> > > do you mean by respect? |
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> > You have said that as a developer I have to respect rules set by |
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> > Trustees since I use the resources they are providing. Therefore, I am |
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> > asking why Trustees do not feel that it would be appropriate to respect |
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> > the rules approved by the developer community since they are explicitly |
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> > relying on the work of the developers. |
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> The rules we obey are the bylaws. Both members and Trustees can set |
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> them. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Bylaws#Article_X_Amendment |
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> I think I said earlier that I (personally at least) take GLEPs under |
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> heavy advisement in my Trustee role, but I can't obey them carte |
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> blanche. In particular, GLEP 39 would mean that the council is the |
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> greater power even in legal matters (GLEP 39 is not limited in scope). |
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Council making decisions on all global matters, including legal |
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and financial would certainly solve the 'two-headed beast' problem that |
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keeps coming up. However, I wouldn't consider it 'greater power'. |
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Given their legal power, Trustees still sit on top with override power. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |