Re: Liberal corporate open source policies

2011-03-29 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 09:07:40PM -0700, Henri Yandell wrote: ... except that the ASF would never actually use this document.  Legal affairs expertise is a limited resource, and if we don't have skin in the game, I'm hesitant to suggest that it live there. I'll challenge that one. The

Re: Liberal corporate open source policies

2011-03-29 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 09:07:40PM -0700, Henri Yandell wrote: Find a wiki and start documenting. :) I've started a page here: http://wiki.apache.org/general/OpenSourcePolicy So far, it contains materials from you, Ross, and myself. The permissions regime material involving supervisors

Re: Liberal corporate open source policies

2011-03-29 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 3/29/2011 5:52 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: In my opinion, it's important that the Policy make only one major distinction: between open source software and proprietary software. As a practical matter, advocating for particular technologies seems likely to alienate people at companies

Re: Liberal corporate open source policies

2011-03-29 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 06:01:51PM -0500, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: Keep in mind, that even open source and proprietary software often intersect. If the document wants to evangelize an 'all open' solution, so be it, I don't think it's desirable to advocate for all open, as it would