From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Diego Saravia" To: "E. Robert Tisdale" , gsl-discuss@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Who owns the GSL? Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 07:42:00 -0000 Message-id: <200009041531.LAA26615@inenco.unsa.edu.ar> X-SW-Source: 2000/msg00501.html I am really happy with GSL I needed something like it, and wow ... I have it. The people here are nice too, I get good answers to some stupid questions, so I learn a lot. Perhaps Mr Tisdale have a point, but I think that are better ways to speak about it. Thanks to all GSL people!!! Sorry for my english. > Who owns the GSL? > Who makes the design decisions? > Who decides what is included in the GSL distribution? > > The VSIPL API standard is owned be the VSIPL Forum. > Just about anybody can participate in the VSIPL Forum. > All you really need to do is show up at two consecutive meetings. > Everybody who shows up at meetings of the VSIPL Forum > is allowed to participate in the discussion. > Decisions are made by a simple show of hands > after a motion is made and seconded. > The protocol is very democratic. > > What is the protocol for decision making for the GSL? > Are we just supposed to bully Brian Gough > into including our ideas and contributions? > I thought that the GSL was supposed to be open. > Shouldn't there be a democratic process > whereby application programmers and library developers > can participate in design and development decisions? > > -- Diego Saravia dsa@unsa.edu.ar