On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 00:58 -0500, Patrick W. Barnes wrote: > On Wednesday 12 July 2006 16:26, Greg DeKoenigsberg <gdk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Sorry guys, catching up on mail, but I did have one comment here: > > > > On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Jeremy Katz wrote: > > > > 4. What does it mean to be a formal Fedora Project project, beyond the > > > > name? That is, is someone restricted from using the Wiki for the > > > > project until then? How about CVS? Plone? > > > > > > This is one of the recurring questions in my mind. And I don't have an > > > obvious answer to it. > > > > Yeah, I don't think the answer *is* obvious, but I think the answer is > > important. > > > > To me, the answer is *an identified leadership structure that makes > > things happen*. My take: any Fedora undertaking that is mature enough to > > (a) develop a critical mass of people who *do* something instead of > > talking about something, and (b) easily integrate other people who want to > > help by handing them useful actions to perform... is mature enough to be > > called a Fedora project. > > > > Really, it's a project when the *participants* decide it's a project... > > not when *we* decide it's a project. The board should be encouraging > > those "incubator projects" to *take action*, and should reward those that > > *do* take action by giving them "official project status". > > > > The draft page I put together the last time this topic came up is on the wiki: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DefiningProjects I've been looking at this page to try and winnow it down to make it seem a little less daunting, per Max's request. It's written very well, but there seems to be a tidal surge toward a kinder, gentler way in to the greater Fedora Project. We have some conflicting needs: 1. Lower barriers to entry vs. protection of Fedora name and trademarks 2. Support for initiative vs. discouragement of community over-fragmentation I'm monitoring any comments to see how I can fit them into this page. -- Paul W. Frields, RHCE http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 Fedora Project Board: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board Fedora Docs Project: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject
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