From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5790 invoked by alias); 27 Feb 2010 21:58:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 5772 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Feb 2010 21:58:26 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from hagrid.ecoscentric.com (HELO mail.ecoscentric.com) (212.13.207.197) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:58:21 +0000 Received: from localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ecoscentric.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDD633370001; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:58:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.ecoscentric.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OWL6ZcBruUu3; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:58:17 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4B899579.8020901@ecoscentric.com> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:58:00 -0000 From: Alex Schuilenburg User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Dallaway CC: ecos-maintainers@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: Commercial postings on ecos-discuss etc References: <4B892F8D.5090104@ecoscentric.com> <4B89530F.7050304@dallaway.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <4B89530F.7050304@dallaway.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact ecos-maintainers-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-maintainers-owner@ecos.sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-02/txt/msg00015.txt.bz2 John, John Dallaway wrote: > Hi Alex > > Alex Schuilenburg wrote: > > >> I am made unclear about the policy of the maintainers to commercial >> postings to eCos discuss due to the posting yesterday by John Dallaway >> where I believe he is using his maintainer position to post or gather >> information of a commercial nature for his company's benefit. >> > > Perhaps I should have been clearer about my plans for this survey! My > research arises from some blue sky thinking about how open source > communities select and use embedded development tools. Assuming > sufficient participation in the survey, I'm intending to write an > article on this topic. FYI, I have requested the support of the eCos, > FreeRTOS and RTEMS communities in the research. I have received a good > response from all 3 communities so far. > > I hope this helps to allay your concerns... > My only concern is that your posting appears misleading. You clearly have a commercial interest in this area and have not mentioned this at all, nor in your response. It would have been far clearer if you had mentioned this in your original post, including what the sample base will be, how long you are conducting the survey for, where this article you mention is going to be published, who the intended audience of the article is and so on. As you know, CMP conduct similar in-depth surveys and charge interested parties for their articles. Are you intending to do the same? -- Alex Schuilenburg Managing Director/CEO eCosCentric Limited Tel: +44 1223 245571 Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive Fax: +44 1223 248712 Cambridge, CB5 8UU, UK www.ecoscentric.com Reg in England and Wales, Reg No 4422071