[Foundation-l] thoughts on leakages

[Florence Devouard]

I am sure everyone knows that, but maybe it is worth putting it in words.


It has been mentionned several times that information provided on 
private lists was leaked publicly.

Arguably, private lists are populated by individuals who care about the 
projects, who want to help, and who are trusted.

Once information starts leaking, it may imply three things

1) There is information worth being known.
It is possibly fine. Some information is good to share. Other 
information is best kept confidential, at least for a while.


2) Trusted people feel that this information should be public, or at 
least in part more public than it actually is.
This suggests that the core community may not fully agree on where the 
treshold for confidentiality is located. Another interpretation is that 
they feel confidentiality would normally be fine, but object with the 
decisions taken. So, it may be either protest against the process, or 
against the result.

3) They give info to third parties, instead of asking if they can 
publish, or instead of forwarding the information themselves, which 
suggest they fear backslash, and that freedom of speech is losing a bit 
of ground.


I found interesting that the only action points suggested have been to 
1) decrease information proposed to private lists or to 2) decrease 
number of people on the private lists or to 3) create more private 
private lists.

No one has suggested to actually look at reasons why there are leaks.

Ant