From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30E8A71 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2016 23:34:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imap.thunk.org (imap.thunk.org [74.207.234.97]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9ED0EFB for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2016 23:34:48 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 19:34:43 -0400 From: Theodore Ts'o To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Message-ID: <20160826233443.bmdnmlrq2hiimdgn@thunk.org> References: <1472225332.2751.56.camel@redhat.com> <1472230114.2751.67.camel@redhat.com> <1472241199.5189.86.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20160826214136.e6oeapzxzwzichdb@thunk.org> <20160826230413.GJ3296@wotan.suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160826230413.GJ3296@wotan.suse.de> Cc: James Bottomley , "Bradley M. Kuhn" , Linus Torvalds , ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] GPL defense issues List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 01:04:13AM +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > Its important these summits take into consideration to all sides, equally. Agreed, but will the Conservancy take into considerations all sides and all copyright holders? Or will it pick and choose which developers it will listen to? And how will it decide if there is disagreement amongst the copyright holders in their clubhouse? Saying that you will striving for consensus is nice, but it's pretty clear from these threads that there won't be 100% agreement all the time. If consensus can't be achieved, what then? Will there be voting? Will it be weighted by how much code various copyright holders might own? Does the Conservancy reserve the right to throw out copyright holders who don't vote the right way? I would think a responsible person would want to know answers to these and similar questions before lending their name/reputation to the Conservancy. After all, these are pretty critical governance issues. Maybe this is something that should be on the Conservancy's web site, along with a list of those copyriht holders who have already agreed to support the Conservancy? Cheers, - Ted