[vote] OpenWrt Job Board

[Chuanhong Guo]

Hi!

On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 1:43 PM Paul Spooren <mail at aparcar.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all, if you're a core developer, please participate in this vote.
>
> Context and initial mail thread here:
> https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2021-January/033483.html
>
> tl;dr: People want a way to connect people developing around OpenWrt
> with companies using OpenWrt. A "job offer" mailing list or a list of
> job seeking developers could be created, or nothing. A vote was
> requested during the last OpenWrt core developer meeting due to
> different opinions.
>
> Vote: Should OpenWrt offer a way to connect developers and companies?
>
> * [a]: Yes, a moderated mailing list should be created where job
> seeking developers (and everyone else) can subscribe and companies post
> job offerings. All further contact happens between developer and
> company. The OpenWrt project does not endorse anyone on the list and
> does not handle any part of the communication after posting the offer.
>
> * [b]: Yes, a moderated list of job seeking developers should be
> created on openwrt.org allowing developers with a TBD qualification,
> e.g. 20 commits to openwrt.git, to shortly describe themselves plus a
> contact address. The OpenWrt project does not endorse anyone on the
> list beyond the TBD base qualification to be on the list. The OpenWrt
> project is at no point part of the conversation or contract.
>
> * [c]: No, there are sufficient other possibilities to find OpenWrt
> related jobs and "this can of worms should not be opened"[1].
>
> * [d]: Neutral
>

Option C.
A "terms of service" will never be enough to silent every complaint
against us on poor quality works and possible frauds happening.
It's impossible to guarantee that no single bad person can sneak
onto that job board and I really don't want to see openwrt being
tagged as "irresponsible" one day just for that.
(We should have learnt how those news media behave now from
the previous opkg bug coverage.)

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Regards,
Chuanhong Guo