[core-contrib-discuss] Proposed New constitution

[Simon Phipps]

Thanks for the input, Roy. I doubt I can ever resolve the extreme  
anger at Sun you've been exhibiting in your posts to this list (I know  
you are still on it in error by the way and I apologise in advance - I  
hope someone is fixing it for everyone). And I know you will always  
out-argue me even when I'm right, because you are a brilliant logician  
and rhetorician :-)  But still, one more comment, masochist that I am.

I disagree with you because of the very realities of the OpenSolaris  
community you're characterising so sarcastically. We all had the fight  
with Sun over OpenSolaris over a year ago, and many of us (me  
included) were very unhappy about it. That was then.

The outcome is what it is and we now are where we are. The correct  
formulation for the Charter/Constitution is to have clear, simple  
rules about how the community will administer itself, have the Charter  
make the big statements of purpose and take the two documents together  
as the definition for the community. To do otherwise is to pretend we  
have a say in things we don't and to pick at scabs that should be left  
to heal.

You left because you didn't like that - I have no idea why you feel  
the need to come back and say what you're saying. Please don't drag up  
all the hatred again.

S.