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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Groups under the Council or Foundation: the structure & processes thereof
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 21:10:17
Message-Id: 3bf14806-bb56-c705-fbfd-6d16150f53cb@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Groups under the Council or Foundation: the structure & processes thereof by Matthew Thode
1 On 10/13/2016 10:36 PM, Matthew Thode wrote:
2 > On 10/13/2016 03:24 PM, Matthias Maier wrote:
3 >>> >> The current problem (that this attempts to solve) is that the technical
4 >>> >> leadership is doing things it should not be responsible for (primarily
5 >>> >> comrel) but also pr and possibly infra.
6 >> >
7 >> > And what exactly would make the Foundation more appropriate to rule over
8 >> > interpersonal matters of a (disconnected) body of developers?
9 >> >
10 > Council is for technical decisions, that they rule over 'HR' decisions
11 > is an overstep. 'HR' is generally close to legal, and thus the foundation.
12 >
13
14 The comparison to HR is at best incomplete. There is no employment
15 contract involved, there are no payments for services involved[A], as
16 such, can you provide any legal basis for the claim?
17
18 Ultimately the question of council with regards to comreal appeals comes
19 down to whether an individual should have commit access to Gentoo
20 resources. Are you saying that the security and quality of Gentoo code
21 does not concern technical questions?
22
23 Endnotes:
24 [A] if it were, it might or might not be opposed to the no benefit for
25 non-profit organization
26
27 --
28 Kristian Fiskerstrand
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