On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 6:05 PM Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
On 12/8/20 3:40 PM, Jim Bourne wrote:
On 08/12/2020 15:48, Johnny Hughes wrote:
I promise you, to the best of my knowledge, IBM had nothing to do with this decision. Red Hat is a distinct unit inside IBM and Red Hat still has a CEO, CFO, etc. Red Hat also maintains a neutral relationship with many IBM competitors. So this was not an IBM decision.
Then WHO made the decision?
Where was the transparency in this decision by the CentOS Board? (assuming CentOS still *has* a working independent board)
Judging from the reactions, I don't believe that anyone saw this coming. Where was the community consultation on IF this was a good idea.
The CentOS Project board has a Red Hat Liaison. That position is documented here:
https://www.centos.org/about/governance/board-responsibilities/#red-hat-liai...
Also see role of Liaison here (and look at B:):
https://www.centos.org/about/governance/voting/
The bottom line is .. a decision of the CentOS Board has been made and we don't have to like it. We do have to do it, regardless of if we like it.
The CentOS Board has failed in its *FIRST* four responsibilities.
From that first web page:
CentOS Governing Board Responsibilities
- Guidance and leadership over the ultimate Project roadmap. - Community outreach. - Maintenance of health and viability of CentOS community. - Maintenance of a healthy and proactive relationship with the Project users and consider those needs and uses in decisions.