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From: "Romain d'Alverny" <rdalverny@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 10:37:58 +0200
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On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Romain d'Alverny <rdalverny@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
> Beware. What's proposed is slightly different: they're not proposing
> to change Mageia, but for Mageia representatives to join their
> workgroup for a foundation (and the said foundation afterwise).
>
> So it's more a matter of staying apart from their project with a clear
> rationale, than changing Mageia at all:
> =A0- if we were to join their foundation, that probably wouldn't change
> at all Mageia governance; only weaken its mission and blur the line,
> because merging its participation into a separate, parent entity;
> =A0- if we were not to deal with their plan here, this would print
> Mageia difference some more (because we'll need to explain we wouldn't
> join them).

And, I must add, I don't think we should join their foundation
project, for the following reasons:
 - Mageia, as a structure, seems much better to us as an independant,
inclusive project (to both people and organizations), than something
that seems likely to be under a corporate umbrella;
 - we invested a lot in building Mageia governance already;
 - we don't have the resources to invest into a new equivalent,
duplicate project, because we focus on something else now;

Besides, I'm not sure their strategy is very strong (unless they have
enough funding fort 2/3 years to see things coming) when they invest
on Mageia by using its technology, and invest in a separate, somewhat
concurrent community project. Focus of time and resources is usually
101. Or I am missing something.

But that doesn't prevent to wish them welcome and good luck.