[vote] OpenWrt Job Board

[Paul Spooren]

Option D

Paul

On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 19:42, 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
> 
> Please vote now. If you don't care please respond with neutral so I 
> don't ping you over the next weeks.
> 
> The vote is open for three weeks, March 20, 2021.
> 
> If either [a] or [b] receives a majority of votes, we will evaluate 
> with the SF any legal concerns, this could still cause a hard no for 
> a job board.
> 
> As discussed in #openwrt-adm I could initially moderate either 
> mailing list or developer list but also leave this happily to any 
> other core developer.
> 
> Sunshine,
> Paul
> 
> [1]: quote on this topic from some developer, lost source