linux-kernel - Re: [Tech-board-discuss] Re: Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections

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Date:	Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:43:25 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Tech Board Discuss 
	<Tech-board-discuss@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Tech-board-discuss] Re: Linux Foundation Technical Advisory
 Board Elections

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:05:21 -0400ve a bit more direct ability to make
> An SPI-like or Debian-like approach with pure democracy might look
> good on paper, but when you have companies donating hundreds of
> thousands of dollars and up to the organization, having a board which
> is elected by mobs of GPLv3 groupies would understandably scare them.
> So we need some way of selecting the kernel developers who are willing
> to invest the time to help the LF do the right thing with the
> resources that they have been given.  

one thing here before people bring up the "what about the users"
argument; the Linux Foundation already has a separate forum for getting
input from users as well as a separate forum for "vendors"; the TAB is
aimed at the developer (community) side in this 3-fora structure.
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