Mark Shuttleworth on companies and free software

Posted May 18, 2011 3:34 UTC (Wed) by dlang (guest, #313)
In reply to: Mark Shuttleworth on companies and free software by jspaleta
Parent article: Mark Shuttleworth on companies and free software

The good news is that Mark recognizes that there are problems with their current agreement. Per the article, he considers it "mediocre at best" so there's hope in getting a good one eventually.

isn't that why Cannonical pushed for project harmony? It makes sense to me that while they see a problem with the current agreement, rather than trying to tweak the current agreement they instead try and work out a better document through wider discussion and only after that change their version.

it takes time to figure out how to fix things, but there is plenty of evidence that they are working on this area.

Mark Shuttleworth on companies and free software

Posted May 18, 2011 4:16 UTC (Wed) by jspaleta (subscriber, #50639) [Link] (1 responses)

He also admitted he's failed to show leadership in making the case for assignment in public. I would not call the closed door nature of Harmony discussions under Chatham House rules "evidence" of progress at all.

As far as I'm concerning Harmony under Chatham House rules was lost time and effort. Harmony is rebooting now with a public mailinglist. We'll see if Mark shows up on that publicly archived list and makes the case for assignment in his renewed effort to show leadership in this area. The continued lack of public discourse from him continues to be disturbing.

-jef

Mark Shuttleworth on companies and free software

Posted May 25, 2011 10:26 UTC (Wed) by markshuttle (guest, #22379) [Link]

The meetings were an open invitation, lots of people both for and against CLA's were present or represented. They were not "closed door" in any sense. Chatham House Rules are a very good device for encouraging people to speak their minds without fear of attribution, and the best way to make progress on complicated discussions when there are inflammatory topics on the table.

Harmony is not "rebooting", it's got a draft which is appropriate for discussion.

FTR, Jake's article fairly represents my commentary. Under the circumstances, with me speaking fast and him taking notes, it's a very reasonable rendition.