14 Jan
2004
14 Jan
'04
10:46 a.m.
The point though, is that
some sort of precise *identity* needs to attach to members.
At the moment this is expected to be by nominated representative to
the management board. If someone is representing a project publically
and they shouldn't be, then I think that would be fairly obvious.
I think "project" is too vague and amorphous
a term.
I guess libre software projects are amorphous. They aren't
individuals, or companies, or organisations in the traditional sense.
I'd strongly recommend holding off
the *legal* establishment of any entity until a broader consensus
exists.
Quite right. linuxaudio.org has no legal status for the time being.
I suspect that a lot of the suspicion which has been
expressed in this thread was engendered by the appearance that much
of the prior discussion to this point took place via private
communications.
Hardly private, since everyone seems to have found out about it within
days. I just don't believe in opening my mouth in public until I've
got something worthwhile to say.
there does come a time when those discussions need to
"go public".
Absolutely.
Such public discussion needs to happen well before any
"official"
establishment of an organization.
But then we're back to discussing something that doesn't exist.
Part of the confusion, too, comes from some vagueness
in your
terms. What exactly do you mean when you say you're "launching"
Linuxaudio.org today?
Making the website more obvious, a press release. That's all.
Quite honestly, if I had proposed this idea with no support from the
community it would have been shot down in flames - and rightly so.
Cheers
Daniel