[coreboot] On the subject of collaboration

[Gregg Levine]

Hello!
Here's suggestion.

Let's drop the whole business. Its taking over from the regular day to
day business.
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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."


On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:21:44 PM Stefan Reinauer wrote:
>> * Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me at gmail.com> [150214 02:14]:
>> [..]
>>
>> > Do we really want to push people's nerves every year until we finally get
>> > a
>> > fork?
>> >
>> > Alex
>>
>> Alex,
>>
>> the leadership of this project reserves the right to enforce standards
>> and, where required, lock down parts of coreboot.org or the mailing list
>> to enforce those standards.
>>
>> We value your contributions. We also understand that you may not find
>> this situation acceptable and hence may not be able to continue as a
>> contributor.
>>
> I think you've pointed just pointed out the root of the problem. Nobody can
> claim that you, or a small group of people is entitled to absolute power in
> the project. The fact that someone owns all or part of the infrastructure that
> runs coreboot does not entitle them to claim that they, or a small group of
> people have absolute power in the project.
>
> If you, or any of the persons we contributors look towards as examples and
> guides fail to recognize that we are in fact a community, things will go
> south. I've seen it happen before, and I keep hoping it won't happen here.
>
> I hope this gives all of us an idea of why people can get ticked off, and
> helps us avoid situations like this one (or the one last year) in the future.
>
> Alex
>
> P.S.
> I own part of the infrastructure that runs coreboot. Arguably, I own the most
> expensive part of said infrastructure. So what?
>
>
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