Luis, I have one point of contention to bring up about your concerns. We must remember what I think many forget. Companies, governments, organizations and individuals all make up the community. It is not the community vs. companies. What we see is that in any community (not just ours) there are good citizens and bad citizens and everything inbetween. Any entity in the community has equal potential to be pulled to either end of the spectrum.

That is not to say it is wrong to be weary of a companies motives. Because they do hold huge sway in certain aspects of the community, shifts in the way they interact within the community ripple more than say joe random developer. Of course there are individuals in the community who hold such respect that they also could cause similar effects. We need to protect against those who would be bad citizens and guide those to becoming good citizens. I think in the end the benifit of working together as a community will outweigh any singular interest as we grow the pie for GNOME.

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