On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:15 PM, keenerd <keenerd@gmail.com> wrote:
I'll agree the bot was poorly executed. The trigger thresholds were initially set a bit too low. Less than 1/3 through the scan I greatly increased the triggers (ignore improper nesting, ignore less than four PNGs/GIFs/JPGs).
To act as if this is a black and white issue draws a parallel with a very unethical Non-Compete agreement: "While you are a programmer for FOO Corp, you are not allowed to write/release software outside of work." I have never and would never take employment with such a company. (Conversely, I have never worked on FOSS stuff for fun while on the clock.) What rights, that we have as ordinary users, are given up even outside of the TU sphere?
Retracting my withdrawal would be cheating. I will wait at least three months, as a fair interpretation of the Bylaws requires.
I don't think the three month rule applies in this case. Your application was not rejected by Standard Voting Procedure. Admittedly how to proceed in this case is not altogether clear per the by-laws but by my interpretation if your application did not reach the voting period, then if would follow the same procedure as any other motion that did not reach the voting period. A good example is the slew of by-laws amendments flying around. Each version is slightly different from the previous one, and only one will ever reach the voting period; the discarded ones are effectively 'withdrawn'. It would be ridiculous to require the edited version of each proposal to sit tabled for a minimum of three months: we would never get any work done. I believe Thorsten was too harsh in his mail regarding your bot, and I agree with your assessment that your actions were well within your rights as a normal user. I think what all of us are concerned about is that it may appear as if you have spoken for all of us regarding a policy matter that in actuality has not been decided. In all honesty I don't think it was a huge deal. You are very excited about Arch Linux; potentially you're about to become a Trusted User; people get overzealous and things like this happen. Most of the comments that your bot left were not controversial at all. The important thing is to learn that you will be working as part of a team, and what you say or do affects how that team is perceived. Ideally I would like to see your resubmit your application immediately because I think that your skills and enthusiasm would make a great addition to the team. --Kaiting. -- Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/