[squeak-dev] Re: Campaigning running out! Election starts tomorrow!
Bert Freudenberg
bert at freudenbergs.de
Fri Feb 29 09:44:58 UTC 2008
On Feb 29, 2008, at 9:35 , goran at krampe.se wrote:
> Time is short for the candidates to answer the Q&A. Only 6 of the 12
> candidates have answered it so far (I hope I didn't miss anyone)
You indeed missed one (sent two days ago):
http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2008-February/
125977.html
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
> Date: February 27, 2008 16:09:10 GMT+01:00
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-
> dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> Subject: Bert's answers to the 2008 candidate questions
>
>> 1. Approximately, how much time do you plan on spending on Squeak
>> during the coming year (in any kind of unit)?
>
> I work with Squeak full-time, on OLPC-Etoys, sponsored by VPRI. On
> top of that I usually find a few hours a week to work in the
> Squeak community, mostly doing email and sometimes even IRC. And I
> attended most board meetings last year :)
>
>> 2. What are in your mind the three most important issues (not
>> necessarily technical) we need to address in the coming year?
>
> Release management, licensing, and incorporating.
>
>> 3. What is your view on fund raising and how any such collected
>> money should be dealt with?
>
> Making Squeak attractive for professional use is necessary to raise
> funding. In turn, the money should primarily be used to sponsor
> developers improving the core and tools.
>
>> 4. What is your view on the ongoing process of making
>> SqueakFoundation a not-for-profit legal entity?
>
> It's going slower than we (or I) hoped. Still, I think the Software
> Freedom Conservancy is our best option because we lack the man
> power to incorporate independently. Finishing this requires a fully
> relicensed release.
>
>> 5. Do you think the Team model is appropriate for organising our
>> efforts or should we come up with something else?
>
> The "non-developer" teams like the box admins or the news teams
> work great. For development itself and for the release it has not
> worked out so well. OTOH I cannot think of a better model so I'd
> attribute the shortcomings simply to a lack of time.
>
>> 6. Do you have any specific views on how the Squeak board and the
>> Squeak community should work together with the Squeak satellite
>> communities (Croquet, Seaside, Sophie, Squeakland, Scratch etc),
>> also referred to as "stakeholder communities"?
>
> Having a stable core release would benefit these communities - so
> that's what we need to focus on. Communication does happen through
> individuals from these communities here on squeak-dev, and for the
> time being I do not see the need for a more formal approach.
>
>> 7. The squeak.org release is our most important asset. How do you
>> see it evolving over the next few years?
>
> It needs to become more modular. We need a stable core that other
> projects can rely on, which should be evolved with caution (we need
> to establish a decision process for that). And a core release
> should come with (gasp!) documentation.
>
>> 8. Do you have any thoughts on the current relicensing effort?
>
> It is sad that we even have to deal with that - or does anyone
> seriously believe there is code in the image that was not intended
> to be free? Unfortunately, we have to be afraid of malicious
> lawyers, so we have to see this through whatever it takes. I'll be
> glad when it's done.
>
>> 9. How would you like Squeak to be positioned in the open source
>> world in year 2012?
>
> It should be known as an easy-to-learn yet very powerful
> programming environment.
>
>> 10. What do you see as the overall role of the board?
>
> It should coordinate and lead the community, as well as represent
> the community to the outside.
>
>> 11. What actions would you take to promote Squeak as an
>> environment for professional software development?
>
> Again, having a rock-solid core for professional development will
> attract developers, and the resulting projects will attract more.
>
> - Bert -
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