<html dir="ltr"><head></head><body style="text-align:left; direction:ltr;"><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">LD & LR Members,</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">From an organizational management and operations perspective, I would like to ask those posting to the OSI mailing lists to please be mindful of the limited resources available to the OSI to monitor and moderate messages that recipients may find objectionable. Please use neutral language and avoid using idioms, which may be interpreted differently by people from different backgrounds. Please also avoid diverging from the central theme of the posts into areas that are beyond the scope of licensing and open source software issues.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Thank you for your consideration,</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Patrick</div></div><div><br></div><div><span><pre>-- <br></pre><div> || | | || | || || | || | ||| | ||| </div><div><br></div><div>Patrick Masson</div><div>General Manager & Director, Open Source Initiative</div><div>855 El Camino Real, Ste 13A, #270</div><div>Palo Alto, CA 94301</div><div>United States</div><div>Office: (415) 857-5398</div><div>Mobile: (970) 4MASSON</div><div>Freenode: OSIMasson</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:masson@opensource.org">masson@opensource.org</a></div><div>Website: <a href="http://www.opensource.org">www.opensource.org</a></div></span></div></body></html>