Ted, > If however the SPI is responsible for making a judgement call about > the murky nature of Debian politics, particularly since certain > aspects of Debian's policies and procedures are not necessarily > clearly defined (or at least subject to dispute leading to mailing > list flames that go on and on for hundreds of messages) from a legal > point of view, then SPI could get dragged into what could be a nasty, > and potentially arbitrarily expensive legal adjucation procedure.
I'm not so worried about legal culpability (how would Debian sue SPI when SPI provides Debian's legal help?). However, I *am* worried about making the wrong decision, and pissing off the "winners" in a long-running Debian dispute, and thus causing Debian members to distrust SPI and call for pulling out. This is *directly* based on my experience with the Dunc-Tank proposal. I really don't think that MJ and Ian realize how opaque and chaotic Debian politics are to outsiders. -- Josh Berkus Treasurer Software in the Public Interest, Inc. www.spi-inc.org _______________________________________________ Spi-general mailing list Spi-general@lists.spi-inc.org http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-general
