On Sat, 2009-08-08 at 19:37 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
William L. Maltby wrote:
<snip> > > I only have one question that I want to add to this gawd-awful thread > now. > > Who is the project serving? The "core" themselves or a "community" of > users as well? If that is effectively and accurately answered, then the > dynamics of the relationship(s) between users of the project and the > "core" can be more clearly stated and understood.
Well, then I think I can easily clear this up. Our "Project" purpose has been stated for 4 years, and it has not changed.
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It has been decided from the beginning and articulated many times.
This one definition might have saved 90% of this thread.
How we manage the Project is not a community based, it was never intended to be community based, and it never will be community based.
Hopefully this clears up any ambiguity.
There was never any on *my* part. But maybe it will help those who mis-understood.
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