Hmm. I know a bit about the PEP process. It does seem like it would be a valuable example to follow.
Thanks, Van __________________________ Van Lindberg van.lindb...@gmail.com m: 214.364.7985 On Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 7:54 PM Chris Jerdonek <chris.jerdo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 4:00 PM John Sullivan <jo...@fsf.org> wrote: > >> I think some of this can be done without changing tools. Just as an idea >> from someone who can't volunteer the time to help with it, each license >> application could be assigned to a caretaker responsible for maintaining >> a dossier/brief for the application, listing points raised in >> discussion, posted regularly to the list (more regularly than monthly, >> and with a tagged subject heading). The dossier becomes a collaborative >> document that people in the discussion can be asked to refer >> specifically to when making their arguments. > > > This is starting to sound a bit like Python's PEP process (Python > Enhancement Proposal), which I would recommend: > https://www.python.org/dev/peps/ > A PEP document summarizes things like the proposer, background, pros, > cons, decider, etc. and it evolves over time. While a PEP discussion could > be spread across multiple mediums and channels and get contentious, the PEP > document itself is updated over time and summarizes everything in one > place. When a final decision is made, the decision is added to the PEP with > the rationale. In OSI's case, such a document could also say how people > voted, to provide more transparency. It would also be a valuable reference > to refer back to. > > --Chris > > > >> The quality of the dossier >> would help outside people assess the process, and help the OSI board. >> >> I've found the summaries that started recently to already be very >> useful. >> >> The tools you mention don't use AI or something to sort discussions, so >> in the end you're still relying on people to put the right points on the >> right issues, to create new areas for new issues, etc. I also don't see >> how they solve the problem of some people having louder voices, speaking >> rudely, or carrying on various personal grudges or undisclosed agendas. >> Those all seem like problems to me best addressed by finding more >> volunteer facilitators for OSI, no matter what platform is used. >> >> (I do like Discourse, and we use it at the FSF.) >> >> -john >> >> -- >> John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation >> GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B >> https://status.fsf.org/johns | https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS >> >> Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at >> <https://my.fsf.org/join>. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> License-discuss mailing list >> License-discuss@lists.opensource.org >> >> http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org >> > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@lists.opensource.org > > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org >
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