On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 04:22:38PM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: > Hi Paul, > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 01:43:34PM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: > >> Hi FAB, > >> > >> Rahul bought up on the marketing list [1] a question as to why Fedora > >> wasn't listed in the MeeGo release announcement as part of the MeeGo > >> community announcement [2]. > >> > >> Being the maintainer of Moblin (hopefully soon to be MeeGo as soon as > >> the code is released) I had two reasons why it wasn't. Firstly I > >> didn't know and the MeeGo community from the corporate side of things > >> seems like a Private Gentleman's Club that you need to know the secret > >> handshake to become a member of (basically I'm naive when it comes to > >> vendor inter realationships). Secondly I feel that it needs some form > >> of board and legal agreement that its something Fedora wishes to > >> pursue and that I don't have the authority to commit to that sort of > >> thing. > >> > >> So I ask the question is this something Fedora is interested in and > >> who needs to do it. I can assist from the tech side of things but I > >> feel the rest is probably best coming from someone else. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Peter > >> > >> [1] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012453.html > >> [2] http://www.linuxfoundation.org/node/6145 > > > > Thanks for this heads-up Peter -- I've sent a note along to one of the > > MeeGo principals at the Linux Foundation, to inquire whether the > > Fedora Project is welcome to offer its support to the list found in > > that press release. I'm interested in having Fedora provide a > > ready-to-run Fedora spin that shows off MeeGo technologies, and I know > > you've been working previously on doing that for Moblin, and now for > > MeeGo. Much appreciated! > > > > The other entities do appear to be commercial ventures, so if for some > > reason the LF is not interested, it's possible the answer may be > > different for Red Hat. If that's so, I'll bring this up with the > > appropriate contact points at Red Hat. > > > > I think the Fedora Project's free-in-all-senses offering is something > > that really does help promote MeeGo technologies, so I hope we'll get > > a receptive answer. When that happens the Board and I will work up an > > appropriate statement with you -- does that work? > > I agree, especially as its now part of the Linux Foundation. Also > while there have been quite significant changes to the Fedora base > they started from (like sysvinit no longer exists) the fact they used > the Fedora 12 ARM support to boot strap their ARM port shows that > there's still reasonable cross over between the platforms. > > Let me know where I can help out. Peter and I were contacted by Brian Proffitt at the Linux Foundation today and are working up a response. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
