I agree with Jean-Baptiste and Michael. The proposal sounds good in my
first read, but can be a really bad decision as it do not have clear
definition.
To be clear, I *agree* it's good to have a policy of withdrawing support
as long as it has clear guideline. Without clear guideline and
definition about 'interest' and how the policy works, this can be a
negative fact when contributors deciding if they want to represent
Fedora in community events.
Think like such a situation: Let's say there is one open source event
held by an open source organization. This year they has a tech company
as the biggest sponsor. People are planning to represent Fedora there.
But all of a sudden the relationship between IBM and the biggest sponsor
goes bad. Nothing is illegal here. But how will it affects the
withdrawing process?
Just my cents.
On 6/13/20 3:40 AM, Michael Scherer wrote:
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 06:29:08PM -0400, Ben Cotton wrote:
In response to ticket #299, the Fedora Council is considering the
following policy addition:
###
The Fedora Council may choose to withdraw Fedora's support from events
or other activities that involve fiscal sponsorship or use of Fedora
trademarks when it determines that participation is not in the
interests of the Fedora Project. Decisions to withdraw support will be
published in venues normally used for Council decisions. Deliberation
and reasoning for the decision should be public to the extent
possible. The Council will engage with the committee/group/team that
is involved with the event in question to ensure their input is
considered.
###
Reasoning behind the wording can be found on the Community Blog:
https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/council-policy-proposal-withdrawing-support-from-events/
This is open for community comment for two weeks, after which the
Council will vote on the proposal.
I think that's good that the council take active steps to reflect the value of
inclusion that make Fedora a place worth of investing time in.
I do think that fictional examples would make clearer the kind of issues
this is supposed to cover, since it might help people to dispell some
misunderstanding due to unspoken assumptions.
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