Dear Reza, Reza Razavi wrote:
At 10:28 06/07/2012, Maarten MOSTERT wrote:
Critisizing is easy
Maarten,
The valuable contributions of Steve and others to the issue raised by Damien on behalf of the ESUG board are not intended to criticize anybody; this is at least least my understanding, and I don't think I'm mistaken. They (simply) try to explain the rules that govern such situations.
I agree that the contributions by Steve Kelly have been courteous, well-phrased, and a very legitimate offer of his opinion on the question sensibly raised by Damien. Steve himself has stressed that the ESUG board, not the membership, make decisions. The board, having asked for input, can consider what has been offered, and in due course decide whether they agree or disagree with any particular point. If disagreement has to be expressed, SteveK's style offers an example of how to express contrary ideas with courtesy.
For example, *to "talk to the INRIA lawyers about this" appears really essential, specifically given the role of this institution in both Pharo Consortium and also as the employer of several Pharo contributors, who also play major roles in ESUG*.
On this particular point, my instinct is not to involve lawyers more than needed, lest mares' nests be created. Stephane knows INRIA, ESUG and what legal discussions have already taken place. If he feels no more is needed, my instinct would agree. (I don't _know_ anything of course - the opinion is offered FWIW.) Yours faithfully Niall Ross
This looks like technical and complex enough situation to refer to experts in that area (i.e. lawyers); isn't it?
Best, Reza (Smalltalker and ESUG member since 1992) http://linkedin.com/in/razavi http://aas-platform.com <http://aas-platform.com/> http://rezarazavi.com <http://rezarazavi.com/> ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________
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