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On February 13, 2018 5:23:52 AM EST, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 12:51 AM, Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> |
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>wrote: |
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>> |
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>> In some fields (law, or finance for example) there are rules against |
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>having |
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>> even potential conflicts. Should Gentoo emulate those rules and |
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>produce an |
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>> organization that avoids even the appearance of conflict? |
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>Absolutely! |
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>> A council member is on a team (not even necessarily QA / Comrel). |
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>That |
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>> team's lead makes a decision. The council member doesn't agree with |
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>the |
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>> decision and appeals to council. |
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>> I would argue the member raising the issue has a conflict and they |
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>should |
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>> not vote (recuse / abstain). |
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>Merely disagreeing with a decision is not a conflict of interest on its |
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>own. |
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>A conflict exists when somebody stands to personally benefit from a |
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>decision. What personal benefit does a member of a team get from |
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>appealing a disagreement? |
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>Now, if the decision concerned them personally in some way I could see |
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>a conflict, such as if it were about a reimbursement of an expense |
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>they incurred, or if it were about sponsoring them to go on a trip. |
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>I wouldn't even consider it a conflict of interest if it were a QA |
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>decision on a commit they made, unless this commit furthered some kind |
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>of work they were doing outside of Gentoo (the commit benefited their |
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>employer or their consulting business). |
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You are focusing on purely financial or tangible gains and attempting to pander law based interpretations of a conflict of interest which are inaccurate. Please, go read and stop spreading false information. |
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>Conflict of interest isn't the same as disagreement. It is completely |
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>normal and healthy for people to disagree with things. This does not |
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>in any way make them prejudiced or likely to make a decision that is |
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>bad for the distro. |
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>Again, I'm completely in favor of avoiding conflicts of interest. It |
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>just seems that there is a popular notion around here of what a |
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>conflict of interest is which certainly wouldn't stand up in a court |
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>of law, or really in any organization. Perhaps this is why so many |
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>seem to be paranoid that there is some kind of cabal running the show. |
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>(One which is elected, so presumably this cabal is upwards of 30+ |
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>people.) |
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