[Foundation-l] How not to manage opensource project

[Bradypus]

You say Anthere is eccentric? :-o
I think I agree with you, but Anthere had raised an interesting issue that 
was interesting.
It is really all about what a court would think in front of an organisation 
that would at the same time say "I am not accountable for the content of 
Wikipedia" and "I am governing and managing Wikipedia".
Do you want to test that?
Not sure just looking at the Webster solves the issue: it can only be solved 
by the appropriate persons, i.e. US lawyers.
I myself have a law degree, but a european one. And I heard such strange 
things about the legal system they have in the colonies ^_^

Bradipus

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Saintonge" <saintonge at telus.net>
> It is inaccurate to cast this issue in the framework of false friends
> that characterize a language based difference of meanings.  The
> uncertain meaning is just as much there in English alone.
>
> As I quoted before:
>
>>Thus according to the 2001 New Oxford Dictionary of English:
>>    "govern": conduct the policy, action and affairs of; control,
>>influence or regulate.
>>    "manage": be in charge of, administer, run, regulate; maintain
>>control or influence over.
>>
> When there is a possibility that future confusion would arise it is
> better to find common ground on the meaning of words, rather than depend
> on a single person's subjective and perhaps eccentric interpretation of
> those words.
>
> Ec
>
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