On Jan 19, 2008 12:07 AM, Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org wrote:
What we definitely know is that (c) (the Foundation is engaging in an experimental collaboration that may go nowhere, but seemed worth trying) is totally impossible, because (c) would require us to Assume Good Faith.
Well, no. I have full confidence in the good faith of the Foundation officials who signed off on this. The crux of the issue is in the phrase "but seemed worth trying". The Foundation did; I (for one) would not have. I want to understand why this difference exists. Was it an imbalance of information (knowledge of the depth of the community's skepticism of Flash, or conversely, knowledge of Kaltura's future plans)? Was it just a difference in judgment? A different ordering of priorities? Any of these, and more, are possible; not one of them requires me to question anyone's good faith (or for anyone else to question mine.)
I don't know if the conversation I want to have will let me fully understand the thoughts of the Foundation on this, but even if it doesn't, it is worth having.