An open letter to Apache OpenOffice

Orgs like the ASF are in a difficult position. If they step in to resolve a problematic situation, they can easily get vilified for it by the local community (see for example http://enwp.org/WP:FRAMGATE) even in cases where there is a real problem that said community was failing to adequately deal with (in that case, see also http://enwp.org/WP:AHRFC). If they keep out of it, they can get vilified by people who are not members and who may not be aware of community processes. The way I see it, there are really only four options:

- Establish an interventionist stance. I don't think I've seen this done very often. I imagine you would have difficulty maintaining a functional community.
- Establish a hands-off stance. This is (I think) what the ASF is doing, and was historically the behavior of the WMF.
- Be inconsistent, and annoy everyone (albeit at different times). This seems to be where the WMF is right now, and the community tends to have a rather poor relationship with them as a result.
- Be owned and operated by the community, so that the community and the org are (effectively) one and the same. Based on https://www.python.org/psf/membership/, I think the PSF works this way.