Sending someone a private email and having a private
mailing list (to represent "the community" no less) is not even
remotely the same thing.
Actually, I never thought that we were representing the community,
just the sub-set of the community that wanted to participate in this
particular project.
As much as I've been trying to respond to questions rather than start
new threads, I agree this discussion is highly OT for the LAD list.
If anyone would like to continue this discussion, I suggest they
subscribe to this list:
http://lists.linuxaudio.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/consortium
Cheers
Daniel