Dialogue and moving forward

[Richard Gaskin]

Paul Sladen wrote:

 > On Sun, 21 Jun 2015, Paul Sladen wrote:
 >> On Sat, 20 Jun 2015, Richard Gaskin wrote:
 >> > Paul Sladen wrote:
 >> I've tried adding a one-paragraph introduction to the mirrored copy
 >> on The Fridge, with a prominent link back to the original, at the
 >> top:
 >> 
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2015/05/29/community-council-statement-jonathan-riddell/
 >> Would you be able to have a look and see if that helps?
 >
 > I received an off-list email reply (thank you).  On the basis of
 > that I have now amended the displayed author to be the default
 > Fridge Editors/"Ubuntu News Team" one, and made a note/revision
 > summary at the bottom:
 >
 > 
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2015/05/29/community-council-statement-jonathan-riddell/
 >
 > Does this help?

It certainly clarifies the statement's origin.

I doubt many who read it will pause to appreciate just how generous the 
statement was in limiting the scope of its supporting citations to just 
a few, considering the many that might have been included.

Still, I agree it's better to err on the side of professionalism and 
understatement in such matters.

Those who've never had a kind word to say about the Ubuntu community are 
unlikely to do so in the future, so engaging beyond a certain point 
would be unproductive and ultimately distracting from the work both the 
Ubuntu and Kubuntu teams have at hand: building, supporting, and 
evangelizing great Linux distros.

Anyone sincerely interested in seeing an end to having the Ubuntu 
project's name dragged through the mud is free to lead by example.

-- 
  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems