[vox] centos project in possible trouble

[Jacob Taylor]

Uh-oh. Trouble in paradise? :/

On 7/30/2009 12:14 PM, Scott Miller wrote:
> This can't be good:
>
> http://centos.org/
>
>
>
> July 30, 2009 04:39 UTC
>
> This is an Open Letter to Lance Davis from fellow CentOS Developers
>
> It is regrettable that we are forced to send this letter but we are
> left with no other options. For some time now we have been attempting
> to resolve these problems:
>
> You seem to have crawled into a hole ... and this is not acceptable.
>
> You have long promised a statement of CentOS project funds; to this
> date this has not appeared.
>
> You hold sole control of the centos.org domain with no deputy; this is
> not proper.
>
> You have, it seems, sole 'Founders' rights in the IRC channels with no
> deputy ; this is not proper.
>
> When I (Russ) try to call the phone numbers for UK Linux, and for you
> individually, I get a telco intercept 'Lines are temporarily busy' for
> the last two weeks. Finally yesterday, a voicemail in your voice
> picked up, and I left a message urgently requesting a reply. Karanbir
> also reports calling and leaving messages without your reply.
>
> Please do not kill CentOS through your fear of shared management of the project.
>
> Clearly the project dies if all the developers walk away.
>
> Please contact me, or any other signer of this letter at once, to
> arrange for the required information to keep the project alive at the
> 'centos.org' domain.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Russ Herrold
> Ralph Angenendt
> Karanbir Singh
> Jim Perrin
> Donavan Nelson
> Tim Verhoeven
> Tru Huynh
> Johnny Hughes
>
>


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