On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 12:44 PM, <robert_w...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > Ross Gardler <rgard...@apache.org> wrote on 06/04/2011 11:59:08 AM: > >> Subject: Re: TDF/LO, what is the art of the possible? >> >> I think it is relevant how the ASF would respond. Silence will be >> taken as negative yet if the ASF Board were to response to such >> questions without first understanding the consensus of the members I >> would be most displeased with my Board. >> >> To expect the TDF to treat their membership in this way is, IMHO, >> unreasonable. This should be a dialog not a set of binary choices. > > Indeed. It could always occur in multiple stages, with TDF getting > feedback from their membership, etc., doing this in iterative rounds of > discussions. I leave it to TDF how best to caucus. > > Would you acknowledge that having a direct negotiating session with 500 > individual in not really practical, especially if those individuals have > no authority over their organization's respective licenses? Or, in your > experience, do you know of a better way? If so, please share.
Unless anybody objects, I will personally take ownership of this issue. On the subject of licenses I *can* speak authoritatively on behalf of the ASF. I've engaged in the discussion both here and on the documentfoundation.org lists. The best summary I am aware of to date on this issue can be found at: http://s.apache.org/lY > -Rob - Sam Ruby --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
