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George Prowse wrote: |
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> Steve Long wrote: |
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> > Well technically the Foundation used to be legal title-holder to all |
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> Gentoo |
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> > assets. He's talking about the Trustees exerting control over the |
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> > developers, which is something it was explicitly set up not to do; the |
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> > Council are the ultimate authority for all developers. So in a sense |
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> > he's trying to take control over the whole thing (even though it would |
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> > be |
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> a new |
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> > legally disjoint entity) in one swoop. Some people will applaud that, |
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> > others not. *shrug* |
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> Well correct me if I am wrong but if the foundation is no more then |
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> wouldn't/hasn't everything revert(ed) back to him anyway? |
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Only the copyright on any trademarks as I understand it, and the copyright |
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to any of his code which might still be in portage or elsewere (which was |
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made available under GPL2, so there'd be no breach in <Gentoo>, or anyone |
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else, continuing to use it.) Copyright on others' work was never his. |
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> > The SFC thing is far more like the old Foundation tbh. Only they have |
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> > professional admins, accountants and lawyers. ;) |
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> > |
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> >> At the very least I would only consider his offer when I had some sort |
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> >> of information on the offer. Negotiations are whats needed, not an |
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> >> instant accept/decline |
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> > Yeah, only he explicitly rules out any negotiation and set a very tight |
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> > deadline to accept or refuse. I pleaded with him to change only the |
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> > terms (no discussion/deadline and all his appointees) believe it or |
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> > not. meh. "Railroading" is the only term that seems apt to me. |
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> That is just a negotiation manoeuvre, forcing Gentoo to act |
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Well it just feels like strongarm tactics, is all. Then again, it's not my |
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problem, as long as the devs keep doing what they been with the software. |
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It's their work we're discussing handing over to this new entity after all. |
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It's also the community's of course, due to the patches supplied over the |
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years; I guess it'd be fine if he was just talking about representing that |
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group (which he has done) but this is about much more: the whole kit and |
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caboodle, and there's no room for negotiation. I still can't see the |
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attraction. |
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