[kde-community] Proposal: KDE Manifesto wording revision

[Kevin Ottens]

On Wednesday 13 November 2013 20:58:46 Olaf Schmidt-Wischhöfer wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 13. November 2013, 18:44:45 schrieb Eike Hein:
> > On Tuesday 12 November 2013 23:22:59 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > To me, "source materials" means anything that cannot be produced
> > > automatically from the other source materials.
> > > 
> > > I'd assume that when in doubt whether they should put something in the
> > > repo, people would just ask.
> > 
> > Thanks - if that's how we all intuitively read it (and I agree
> > that in case of problems, it's easy to state the case for it),
> > it would appear "source materials" is the way forward?
> 
> I tested “source material” against some corner cases, and it appears to be
> both too restrictive and  too loose.
> 
> Not only the “source materials” need to be accessible without additional
> third party account, but everything that is needed for participation.
> 
> Example: Let’s say KDE project KoolApp has a TODO list on a third party
> website with invasive privacy policies. [...]

Seeing how the full thread developed I don't think the clause in discussion 
fit for that example. It's about the online services used and governance, not 
about the product (which is what this clause is about).

Regards.
-- 
Kévin Ottens, http://ervin.ipsquad.net

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