[vote] OpenWrt Job Board

[Hans Dedecker]

Hi Paul,

On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 6:43 AM 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.
Option c

Hans
>
> 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
>
>
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