From: Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ohloh Organizations - Gentoo Linux
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:44:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGfcS_k7Cu4-OxHAfXzPxdJarzQsW=HOb254Qf2V9fEw9RxTQQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121126213048.GB10656@odin.tremily.us>
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:30 PM, W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 09:58:32PM +0100, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
>> https://www.ohloh.net/orgs/gentoo
>
> I'm not a dev, and I haven't really been following this thread, but
> all the other organization summaries start out with something like
>
> Organization X is …
>
> not
>
> In order to sustain the current quality …
>
> Perhaps it would be worth rewriting to start with
>
> The Gentoo Foundation is …
Yeah, that was my thought as well. The text was lifted from our
charter, which was apparently written from a problem/solution
standpoint rather than something that would be less time-bound. It
doesn't really make sense having the organization description written
as if it describes something that doesn't yet exist.
Gleaning from the same document, but in a more positive way, how about:
The Gentoo Foundation protects the intellectual property of the Gentoo
community, supports Gentoo Development, and oversees adherence to the
Gentoo social contract. It oversees all legal aspects of the Gentoo
community, so that developers are free to advance the technical goals
of Gentoo.
The Gentoo Foundation keeps four pillars in mind:
1. Gentoo provides choices
2. Gentoo is open
3. Gentoo lives for the community, by the community
4. Gentoo is independent
Rich
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-26 21:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-15 19:42 [gentoo-dev] Ohloh Organizations - Gentoo Linux Justin
2012-11-16 9:24 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2012-11-23 2:09 ` Donnie Berkholz
2012-11-23 2:23 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-23 11:18 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2012-11-26 20:58 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2012-11-26 21:08 ` Justin
2012-11-26 21:30 ` W. Trevor King
2012-11-26 21:44 ` Rich Freeman [this message]
2012-11-27 7:40 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2012-11-28 7:16 ` Matt Turner
2012-11-28 9:18 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2012-11-28 11:38 ` Theo Chatzimichos
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