On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 1:44 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. <wr...@rowe-clan.net> wrote: > > You could ask these questions of RedHat management, or Novell management, > but in asking this of "open source management" suggests to me that there > is a serious disconnect in your understanding of meritocratic, open source > software development as practiced at the ASF, at least.
If these questions were directed to the ASF, I would feel empowered to answer them on behalf of the foundation in my role of VP, Legal Affairs. I will also note that some of my answers would differ from yours. In particular, I would point out that we require an ICLA before anybody becomes a committer, and I would also point out the relevant portions of the Apache License, Version 2.0 that covers contributions that may come in via mailing lists and bug tracking systems. > So what I wanted to communicate to you is that asking these questions of > "the Management of TDF Project" is insulting to the i ndividual members > of their community. This poll is written to divide and put stakes in the > ground, not to find common ground. This ASF incubation effort begs for > some contribution by those same individuals, so your questionnaire seems > counterproductive and destined to add antagonism, rather than remove some, > and I'd suggest you withdraw it. Our emails may have crossed in the ether. My suggestion is that I take ownership of this question. I will state that I do not plan to proceed via this questionnaire. - Sam Ruby --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
