[cab-discuss] Re: CAB conf call - communication

[Alan Burlison]

> From my perspective, there have been times when Sun  marketing
> as moved in a certain direction without properly consulting
> the CAB/OGB.  To the extent that they are talking about gray areas
> or newly released projects, that's fine.  But, when they start
> talking about strategic directions for OpenSolaris (not Solaris),
> and justify it by tossing chum onto a public forum and then
> saying the subscription list *is* the community, it pretty much
> says to the world that the Core Contributor election process
> is a sham.

Were any of the OGB members (besides Simon) aware of this meeing?

http://blogs.sun.com/barton808/entry/opensolaris_to_3_or_not

I realise that Sun retains the copyright of OpenSolaris (and therefore the right to determine licensing terms), but I would have assumed that the OGB should have been involved with any discussions with the FSF - or is that outside their remit?
 
 
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