William L. Maltby wrote: > On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 20:29 +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote: >> John Summerfield wrote: >>> Karanbir >>> I find you very difficult to deal with, and I don't want that. Can we >>> try to keep things calm? >> I am always calm :D >> >>> I have no standing with the CentOS project, and I don't wish to become a >>> developer. I know myself well enough to understand that it's not >>> something I do well, even though a resume of my experience might suggest >>> otherwise. >> Well, the whole point to CentOS is that anyone and everyone should be >> able to help along. Dont need a tag / title.. > > And a good part of that is contributing ideas, pointers, support to > others, etc. IMO. Not everyone has time or inclination to contribute in > ways that the project might like. > > And that fits within the spirit of open source, no? Thanks Bill. In this particular case, Johnny more than anyone else speaks for CentOS, and I probably least of all. CentOS has a problem with the Sun licence. On checking, it didn't seem so bad. Okay, so it maybe still isn't good enough. Perhaps one of the leaders ought tell Sun; in view of its decision to open-source Java, maybe Sun will move a little more. I don't think IBM will argue against more freedom, it's been taking shots at Sun over the matter for years. I'm the last person who should be negotiating on CentOS's behalf, _this_ has to be done by an acknowledged leader, whether it's Johnny, Karanbir or someone else. Someone with a sound knowledge of the issues, someone Sun will see as someone representing the project. If the licence issue is resolved satisfactorily, _then_ there will be some work to do, and maybe someone with needs in that area will step up. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)