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On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Gil Yehuda <gyehuda at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
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> I see a larger issue, not of the individual committed to the project, but of the maintaining this balance at scale.  When a company is perceived as over-representing their interests, they invite an erosion of community trust.  This does not cast doubt on any one individual, especially those who have clearly been great community members. But it does invite speculation about the ability for any individual who is in a smaller company to have a voice.  I've seen this in other Open Source activities and we should take steps to prevent this well-known pattern from negatively impacting this one.
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> Let me put it this way: Let's not repeat other people's mistakes. Let's make new ones of our own.
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Thank you, Gil, for saying this much more gently than I have been.


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