Op 5-10-2010 0:40, Drew Jensen schreef:
On 10/04/2010 05:39 PM, Simon Brouwer wrote:
Apparently it's easy to forget that it has also continuously been
putting in much of the effort baking it, and that it had provided the
cake in the first place.
Please believe me when I say that it is not nearly as easy as it may
seem from outward appearances.
I found out about this action the day before it was made public and I
waited, as I was asked to, to talk openly with others until after the
formal announcement. That day, of contemplation, may make it appear
that I was acting almost spontaneously.
IMO the arrangement was definitely not ideal but also not
particularly unfair.
IMO, it is a case of perspective, and I am cognizant of the fact that
honorable people can have honest differences of opinion, with enough
truth on all sides for each to feel justified in their beliefs.
That over the course of this period the members of the community
governing structure not employed by the major corporate sponsor felt
it necessary to create a non-profit foundation.
Certainly what one would call 'the community' included the major
corporate sponsor.
What is happening now, IMO, is that Oracle is attempting to exercise
a right of veto over the aspirations of the other members of the
community.
I am not sure in how far it is correct to equate The Document
Foundation with "the other members of the community".
Since Tuesday however I have been in communication with literally
dozens of individuals, either by direct email, by phone call, IM, and
open forums. To say that there is unanimous agreement with these
actions would not be true.
There is as far as I can tell however a strong consensus amongst those
I've spoken with that this is a correct course of action, even if
there is great trepidation on the part of some of these individuals.
A few individuals are strongly opposed, a couple of them have begun to
change their minds over the last few days and are now more receptive
to this change, others have not changed their opinion.
I would assume that this is actually the case with folks in the
offices in Hamburg also and I can only guess that many of you find
yourselves caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place, others
no doubt are less conflicted. *smile*
Just to make it clear: I am an independent volunteer community member
without any affiliation with Oracle that might color my perspective.
However, until now I am not convinced that the position of Sun/Oracle in
the project has been, or was going to be, a larger obstacle to the
continued success of OpenOffice.org (under any name) than this big
change may turn out to be. I would be very sorry to see the efforts
(including mine) of ten years OOo going down the drain.
--
Best regards,
Simon Brouwer.
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