Definitely. We should leave the namecalling aside, but issue like this definitely need to be addressed IMO. Does the Drupal Association have guidelines as to the use of the term "Drupal"?<br><br>Sean <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Jan 3, 2008 5:24 PM, Jerad Bitner <<a href="mailto:sirkitree@gmail.com">sirkitree@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Great moral guidance there Jeff. Thanks. I was starting to get<br>concerned myself with the amount of name calling going on here. I hope<br>people take your advice seriously and this can be dealt with in a<br>manner worthy of this great community as a whole.
<br><font color="#888888"><br>~Jerad<br></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>On Jan 3, 2008 4:29 PM, Jeff Eaton <<a href="mailto:jeff@viapositiva.net">jeff@viapositiva.net</a>> wrote:<br>> All legal questions aside, all community respect and contribution
<br>> concerns ignored, I think that the situation surrounding both<br>> <a href="http://drupal.se" target="_blank">drupal.se</a> AND the recent "7 Million" thread on <a href="http://drupal.org" target="_blank">
drupal.org</a> are<br>> opportunities for us to step back and take a deep breath.<br>><br>> As Drupal grows and gets more attention outside the circle of<br>> hobbyists, true believers, early adopters, and consultants who are
<br>> passionate about building it, there will be more and more of these<br>> kinds of things. How we deal with them reflects on us as a community.<br>> This doesn't mean that we shouldn't stick to our guns when important
<br>> issues are being discussed. Rather, it means we need to be<br>> *especially* careful not to give in to knee-jerk insults or mean-<br>> spirited outbursts. Drupal's community has been characterized by a<br>
> really awesome vibe for a long time; other people can't change that,<br>> only we can. Let's make sure that we don't.<br>><br>> Another person in the community recently emailed me some advice from a
<br>> Richard Feynman book that I think is really golden at moments like this:<br>><br>> "To see generosity you must be generous enough not to see the<br>> meanness, and to see just meanness in a man you must be mean enough
<br>> not to see the generosity."<br>><br>> Let's be sure that in protecting the community we don't poison its<br>> spirit. :-)<br>><br>> --Jeff<br>><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>