Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Sunday 18 March 2007 21:09 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Saturday 17 March 2007 17:14 \__
>>>
>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>> Open Source, but Closed Communication
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | Christoph Thiel, on the release of slightly changed openSUSE 10.2 ISO
>>>>> | images: "The reason for putting out those updated ISOs is a license
>>>>> | issue, which had to be addressed."
>>>>> |
>>>>> | What license issue? For what package?
>>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> Yes indeed. This warrants some investigation.
>>>>
>>>>> http://beranger.org/index.php?article=2612&from=rss
>>>
>>> I never jumped to conclusions. And apparently it was the right thing to
>>> do.
>>>
>>> http://boycottnovell.com/2007/03/17/licence-change/#comment-437
>>>
>>> http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2007-03/msg00032.html
>>>
>>
>> Why on earth didn't they say in the first place? This is particularly
>> important when you consider the appalling behaviour of Novell recently.
>
> As Beranger said (PJ liked that one as well), it doesn't matter what the h**k
> they said in the ML. This is unacceptable for a community-driven open source
> project. It seems like Novell has taken more control than ever before. It's
> stuff like that which motivated people to fork Novell's Compiz and create
> Beryl.
>
The open-source world is based on networks of trust. In order for
developers to be accepted into a given project, they have to gain the
trust of the existing involved parties. Much the same applies to eg.,
journalists, of course, or GPs, or plumbers or mechanics - if you don't
trust them, then their work is either useless or not wanted.
Novell have very aggressively shown that they have no interest in
retaining the trust of the community, which shows that in spite of their
acquisition of SuSE, they do not comprehend how that community works.
I wonder very much just what the seniors of Novell have been promised by
Microsoft; they have seen the demise of SCO, and must understand the
road which they are now on. Do MS promise to pay them off when Novell
collapse?
In any case, once trust has been /lost/ it becomes much harder to regain
than it was to gain it in the first place. A brief observation of
Microsoft's behaviour shows that they have no interest at all in gaining
the trust of anyone and I do wonder if, deep down, the CEOs of all
proprietary software companies just wanna be Bill Gates?
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