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I should add, I think there is room for nuance here. I don't have a real problem with organizations advertising Shibboleth-related positions on the users' list, or even asking for contributions that directly benefit the project in some way. It's this other
stuff that bothers me.
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<div>A charter might be a good idea, and the leadership structures to write one are probably in place, but are very time-constrained.<br>
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<div>On Jan 23, 2014, at 6:50 PM, Nate Klingenstein <<a href="mailto:ndk@internet2.edu">ndk@internet2.edu</a>></div>
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<div>I don't believe such a charter exists beyond the short description on the webpage:</div>
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A medium-traffic mailing list where users of Shibboleth can discuss issues with the Shibboleth team and the larger user community. Questions regarding OpenSAML should <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">not</strong> be sent here, but to the dev list
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was curious if there's any particular opinion from the list owners as far as vendors lurking and spamming participants with cold contacts from their postings?</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">
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<div>I've personally been against requests for money for services unrelated to the Shibboleth project being posted publicly. I am not a list owner and I do not know how they feel about that.</div>
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<div>Lurking and spamming participants on an open source mailing list is, in my opinion, both good business and really bad karma. I like to think karma wins sometimes.</div>
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