[diskussion] Microsofts nya hot.

[Henrik Sandklef]

Sorry for cross posting....

Jeremiah Foster skrev:
> Tue, May 15, 2007 at 03:00:24PM +0200:  Jonas Oberg mangled some bits into this alignment:
>> Jeremiah Foster wrote:
>>
>>> - It needs more openness. Currently FLOSS is dominated by groups like FSFE and 
>>>   the Swedish Linux Foreningen. These groups are closed - especially the FSFE. 
>> I doubt this is really the case. This seems akin to saying that politics
>> is closed since not anyone can be in the government!
> 
> I think that is specious. Yes both domains are self-selecting, i.e. you can
> decide to be active and find a position in the domain. However the FSFE does not
> have direct elections by its members, just a select few. This points to a lack of
> openness. Contrast this position with debian where all that is required is 
> previous involvement with debian and then once you are inside debian _anyone_
> can be elected leader.


Getting inside Debian means you have to prove some kind of skill and a
long term commitment. Not everyone who wants get in.

Once inside Debian you'll have a vote.

... same applies to FSFE.  (   s/Debian/FSFE/  )




About openness, here's some links:

what we do
      - http://www.sweden.fsfeurope.org/projects/projects.en.html

what money we spend
    - http://www.sweden.fsfeurope.org/about/funds/funds.en.html

what you can do
    - http://www.sweden.fsfeurope.org/help/help.en.html

what info do you miss on our pages?


Instead of discussing FSFE here I suggest switching to the list:

   fsfe-se at fsfeurope.org

... I have forwarded your entire email to that list.

/h