> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Rubén Martín > <[email protected]> wrote: > > * Don't continue or don't start a development because "we don't > > have > > resources" and no volunteer was asked for help. > > This particular point is a tricky one: "we don't have the resources > for this project" is often confused with "we don't think we should > focus the resources that we have on this project". But indeed there > is > an important distinction between those two reasons. Helping guide > where resources are used, and discouraging contributors (paid staff > or > otherwise) from pursuing low-value projects can be an important role > for Mozilla leaders. "The community" or "volunteers" are not an > infinite resource, and even if they were, there can be very real > coordination/communication costs to losing focus as a group.
I agree with Gavin about giving direction. I would also like to emphasize that MoCo is a corporation and a large contributor to Mozilla but is not a dictator in terms of Mozilla projects. If a non MoCo person or team wants to start development of a project to which MoCo hasn't devoted resources, that does not mean that the project will not be accepted into Mozilla. As a concrete example, MoCo had decided to omit Linux from the initial launch of the Desktop WebRT (Web runtime for apps). A volunteer decided that Linux should be included and did the work, which was subsequently adopted and included in the initial launch. WebVTT, which is being developed by Seneca students, also comes to mind as a more recent example. Lawrence _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
