Bruce Perens rejected from license-proliferation committee.

[Zak Greant]

Hi Bruce,

> The problem is that, like License-Discuss, when the time comes to  
> make a
> decision the folks who will make it can take or leave what you say.

Even on the board you would still be only one voice out of a dozen.

> That's why on the short term I think my participation should be more
> than just the list.

Why seek control before you add value to the process? Show people who  
care about these issues that you represent and elucidate their views  
and then see where that takes you.

> I agree that we need to fix the problem that OSI
> doesn't have any sort of representative process. I'm disappointed that
> in 6 and a half years that I haven't been on the OSI board this hasn't
> been addressed. But I doubt I'm going to be allowed to work any
> substantive change on that if I can't even get on the license
> proliferation committee.

Do you wish to help steer the OSI again?

Cheers!
--zak