Hi Simon, you are absolutely right in saying that colleagues, friends and contributors of all kinds are all part of the fantastic TDF community and we all have to work together to make sure this community thrives. In regards to projects developed by third parties/companies we naturally have to establish a clear and balanced relationship and decide if TDF should support, through marketing or infrastructure, those companies that develop projects that are not part yet/anymore of the TDF family. So in that sense I believe both Guilhelm and Daniel are correct. There have been discussion in the past of helping out other non directly affiliated organisations and I think that is something we should develop further but before doing so we should set clear rules that apply to all so that we cannot be accused of preferential treatment toward anyone. In this specific case there is no agreement or rules set to allow a third party to develop its own product using community funded infrastructure so IMHO the provision of those services should not be permitted until a set of rules that specifies who or what projects are eligible to be supported is drafted and agreed on. Best regards Paolo On 13/01/2021 18:28, Simon Phipps wrote:
Hi! On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 4:53 PM Daniel Armando Rodriguez <drodriguez@documentfoundation.org <mailto:drodriguez@documentfoundation.org>> wrote: Guilhem has a solid point here, if anyone leaves our project why should us go behind them? The people involved have not left our community or the LibreOffice project (yet). They continue to be our colleagues, friends and indeed contributors of all kinds, including upstreaming LO improvements that arise from COOL. Please be kind. There's a dispute in progress that eventually could be resolved if only the words being used about it were conciliatory. Provocations don't generally resolve disputes. While it makes sense to "freeze" (interpreting that sensibly for each part of the matter) it does not make sense to behave as if we are removing every trace and building a competing project (yet). Cheers, Simon -- *Simon Phipps* /Office:/ +1 (415) 683-7660 /or/ +44 (238) 098 7027 /Signal/Mobile/: +44 774 776 2816/ /
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