On 14 Jun 1999 at 12:24, Manoj Srivastava wrote about "Re: Editor and...":
> Yes, the guidelines adopted for policy changes do state that > only proposals and seconds that count have to be developers. Non > developers are welcome, and the input provided is listened to, but > since policy is important to the core of the project, we can't just > throw the power of amending it wide open (a certain amount of > commitment does ensure some protection from malicious or frivolous > amendments). In which case, I do apologize and will not "propose" or "second" until I get a key in the ring. > Brock> do we even have a formal policy on proposals? Yes, Manoj has > Brock> something...but does policy refer to it? And is this discussed > Brock> in Manoj's document? (sorry, haven't taken a look) > > This is an informal forum of cooperative people who have > agreed to an convention and guidelines how we upodate policy. So far, > we have not needed a stick to chastize unruly or disruptive > individuals. Do you think that has changed? Well, some people did jump at me on the Pine issue, even though they hadn't done their homework on it's new license. I would bet they would say I'm being disruptive -- but had I been a developer, my input would've been considered appropriate. So, no, I don't think anything has changed. -- Brock Rozen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director of Technical Services (410) 602-1350 Project Genesis http://www.torah.org/
