OpenForce has repeatedly made the claim that the proposed governance
plan for dotLRN "violates Open Source principles". Yet I've seen no
specific statement as to how the plan does so. The closest to a
specific comment I've seen is this one, by Ben Adida:
The most concise summary is that this process in no way
resembles existing successful open-source governance.
Does novelty automatically imply a violation of Open Source
principles, then?
Ben goes on to say
I don't consider that any one of us is qualified to
invent a brand new open-source governance plan that no one has ever
tested before. That is the big red flag, IMO.
We may be incompetent, as Ben implies above, though I personally dont
believe it. If Ben is right, though, does incompetence always imply a
violation of Open Source principles?
I'd appreciate a very specific post from Open Force that
- States Open Source principles as they understand them
- Provides an authoritative citation demonstrating that the entire
Open Source world adheres to a single set of principles
- Provide a critique of the current governance plan that lists the
specific areas in which the plan violates these principles.
Handwaving arguments of the "your plan is a novelty" variety don't count.
