[odf-discuss] Gnome Foundation and ECMA

[Pamela Jones]

It's not public.  And I won't be quoting you from this list elsewhere, 
because those are the ground rules, last I looked.



Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Pamela Jones">
> 
>> Jeff, you have said in this thread that you don't care what Slashdot
>> readers think.
>>
>> They are you users. That is your traditional user base.
> 
> That's giving Slashdot users a lot more credibility than most Open Source
> developers would ascribe to them. :-)
> 
>> You have also said that you can't say and do certain things because your 
>> corporate sponsors might not agree.
> 
> That's actually not at all what I said, and I clarified that in a followup.
> I said that a sweeping statement from the GNOME Foundation (based on the
> suggestions gleaned from this list) might not reflect the opinions of our
> contributors -- individual, corporate, whatever. This list could encourage
> the GNOME Foundation to announce that it support pink grapefruit juice. I
> would say the same thing: That statement may not reflect the opinions of our
> contributors.
> 
>> You tell me: how does this look?
> 
> It looks like conspiracy theories. :-)
> 
> I really think you need to look harder at the structure, members and costs
> associated with the Advisory Board, so that you see how nutty this sounds.
> The GNOME Foundation, let alone the broader GNOME project, isn't beholden to
> commercial interests through sponsorship. The GNOME Foundation was designed
> to avoid that kind of mess entirely. Neither the GNOME Foundation Board or
> the Advisory Board set technical direction for the GNOME project.
> 
> Pamela, I'm totally happy to answer questions by phone if you're trying to
> put together a story about this. My mobile number is below. It might be
> easier to trawl through these issues (and conspiracy theories!) by voice. Up
> to you, but I think this combative mode of questioning is a bit over the top
> for a public mailing list.
> 
> - Jeff
>