On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Justin W. Flory <jflory7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/18/2017 01:23 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 7:17 AM, Josh Cox <jcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I also think "free" shouldn't be dropped from the mission statement. The "lights up hardware, clouds, and containers" part seems unnecessary to me, if the mission statement needs to be shortened. >>> >>> Perhaps something like this: >>> "Fedora creates a free and innovative platform for software developers and community members to build tailored solutions for their users." >>> >>> Even with those changes, I feel like the current mission statement does a better job of emphasizing the values of freedom, innovation, and community with fewer words. >> >> A mission statement's purpose is not to describe a project's values. >> It is to describe what the project is doing or working towards. It >> should be measurable and finite, not open ended and impossible to >> measure. >> >> Fedora has the four foundations to describe our project values. <snip> > To sum it up, I do see a benefit to clearly connecting Fedora's mission > statement to the wider free and open source software mission, because > this feels like something that's valuable from a technical standpoint as > much as it is to our core values as a community. To be clear, I am not opposed to adding an "open source" qualifier to the mission statement. I believe I can speak for all of us that came up with this draft when I say we very much thought that was so foundational to Fedora that it would immediately be implied and required. My comment above was more intended to delineate the role of a mission statement as something specific and separate from the values we adhere to in the way we go about that mission. josh _______________________________________________ council-discuss mailing list -- council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to council-discuss-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
