Re: [DotGNU]third draft for FD press release

[Richard Kay]

I think this should be released sooner rather than
later for the reasons Serge raised. The release reads OK to me. 
Also I suggest that if you want to really embargo collaborative 
communications until these are agreed this needs a closed list to discuss them 
and some credentials for people to become involved in this. Not
sure the benefits of an embargo is worth the cost of going 
closed on such. 

Good to hear you're still doing useful stuff Norbert, I 
can't remember on which lists we previously connected concerning 
shared interest, something related to community currencies maybe ? 

Anyway one reason I am interested in DotGNU is that the authentication
and personal details framework is something I was looking for in 
connection with the community currencies Multi-Registry System:
http://copsewood.net/mrs which I guess has a similar relationship
to conventional banking as the DotGNU authentication framework 
is likely to have to Passport .

Cheers,
Richard Kay
address@hidden

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:02:35AM -0400, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
> Excuse me,maybe I'm wrong here, but I've seen this "press release" a while
> back.
> 
> In fact, it has been leaked several times and friends in an unnamed news
> organization, who were supposed to get it first, have been throughly
> shafted by this happening.
> 
> This is a problem- there can't be press leaks like this.
> Open development, closed development, whatever.
> 
> Free Software doesn't mean that everyone has to know everything all the
> time, and it certainly doesn't mean you screw the press by making promises
> of exclusivity that you don't keep.
> 
> This is a _serious_ issue and I'd like to know how FD plans to deal with
> it.
> 
> - Serge Wroclawski
> 
> 
>