On 12/9/20 7:14 AM, Julien Pivotto wrote:
On 09 Dec 06:46, Johnny Hughes wrote:
That is correct .. so, the Red Hat Liaison can use Section B. of the Governance to dictate a vote. If the board FORCES the use of this clause, then whatever was wanted (in this case by Red Hat) would get inacted in its entirety with no real input from the board.
https://www.centos.org/about/governance/voting/
The CentOS Board knows this, so we had a dialoge with Red Hat instead. Red Hat presented their case and listened to our response. There was a significant back and forth.
So, no one 'FORCED' the board to do anything. Red Hat told us what they were going to do (what you quoted). The board then made many recommendations in a back and forth negotiation. The board then made a decision. The decision was reluctant .. but it was unanimous.
And now this is the way forward.
Johnny,
As this was not dictated by Section B, it seems that the board could revert this decision by another vote.
I'd like to see this topic re-discussed, based on community feedback. Is that a possibility?
I very much doubt it. I have been doing this for 17 years and CentOS is basically my life's work. This was (for me personally) a heart wrenching decision. However, i see no other decision as a possibility. If there was, it would have been made.
As I said, there was a back and forth. We got all the concessions we could get. It is what it is. But as I also said, it was a unanimous decision.