Vernon Schryver <vjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Your two people to go to on this would be RMS (representing the FSF) >> or me (representing the OSI); between us I believe we can speak for >> over 95% of the community. > > I hate it when elected politicans presume to speak for me. I will not > sit quietly and let self-appointed individuals try the same. I can sympathize with that. I do believe it would be useful for the IETF to speak with Eric Raymond or RMS, but it shouldn't be under the pretext that they can speak for all, or nearly all, open source or free software developers. That may give a false expectation in the IETF to resolve an issue "for good", that may not ever be solved. I believe the talks should serve the purpose of explaining things that cannot be explained on mailing lists, but not be considered as "negotiations". As for the open source community coming together and deciding what it wants, I don't think that will happen. It is like asking all companies to come together and decide what the enterprise community wants. Thanks. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf