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Proposed Charter for OpenSource^WTools WG
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Joao Damas
joao at isc.org
Mon Oct 15 21:04:20 CEST 2012
I share Shane's point of view on this. I also agree with Olaf that this shouldn't turn into a marketing event, but rather something like what Shane is alluding to below, a forum for interaction between open source implementations and their users within the framework of making network operations better Joao On 15 Oct 2012, at 12:57, Shane Kerr <shane at time-travellers.org> wrote: > Olaf, > > On Monday, 2012-10-15 14:00:02 +0200, > Olaf Kolkman <olaf at NLnetLabs.nl> wrote: >> >> On Oct 15, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> wrote: >> >>> Olaf, you seem to be hinting the new WG could be about tools (open >>> source or otherwise) rather than just open source software. >> >> Yes, thanks, that is indeed what I tried to communicate, but couldn't >> formulate so succinct. > > Open source developers (including me) have said "we would like a place > to discuss open source tools within RIPE". > > I have not heard any proprietary developers say the same. I don't know > why, but I guess because they already have plenty of venues to connect > with users and each other. > > Can we try with a focus on open source and then re-charter to include > closed systems later if there is a need for it? > > Cheers, > > -- > Shane >
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