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>>>>> On Wed, 28 Mar 2018, Sam Jorna (wraeth) wrote: |
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> Disclaimer: I have not been involved in the Social Contract in any |
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> substantial manner, so this is only my understanding of it as a |
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> native English speaker. |
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> On Tuesday, 27 March 2018 7:07:28 PM AEDT Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>> (Not being a native speaker of English, I have difficulties |
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>> understanding this sentence. "Far" appears to be a typo for "for"? |
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> Yes, "far" appears to be a typo of "for". |
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>> But what is the meaning of "education [...] of software |
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>> development"? |
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> This means education _about_ software development to others, |
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> specifically those involved in the development of it. We teach |
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> newcomers what it means to be a part of a FOSS project, generally |
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> speaking. |
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>> "Open environment" sounds like marketing babble, or is it an |
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>> expression with a fixed meaning?) |
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> It doesn't have a fixed meaning, as such, but I take it to |
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> effectively stand for FOSS, or at least _not_ a closed environment |
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> such as commercial, proprietary development. |
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Right, but then it should say "free software" or "open source", rather |
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than using a term that is ill-defined and open for interpretation. |
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> In essence, the sentence reads as: |
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> "... for the education of others in, and the advancement and |
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> promotion of, developing software in an FOSS environment." |
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Honestly, the whole Articles of Incorporation look like somebody took |
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a boilerplate text and spent no more than 10 minutes to customise it. |
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And apparently nobody has proofread. |
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(But maybe the version in the wiki isn't what has actually been |
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filed?) |
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Ulrich |
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