Apache owns the copyright so it "owns" the project, sort of. On the other side it's the committers who run the project. With no active committers the project obviously can't go forward. Let's hope that Vincent and/or Thomas can come back into the game soon. When Cameron McCormack gets his account things can also start to get better, I hope.
Furthermore it's also the community around Batik (read: not only the committers) that can help in this project. Those who care about the project need to work together to revive it. Everyone has the right to make proposals, to express their opinion. Obviously, without active committers who actually manage the project this is difficult. But this shouldn't stop anyone on improving the codebase and place patches. That's the best way to show that you care and it's what the project needs most. And I'm sure we can find a way to recruit new committers even if there are no active committers (via the PMC). If Batik appears dead (which, fortunately, it isn't) you can always address the XML PMC ([EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]) with any concerns. On 16.06.2004 12:07:24 Jamie Browning wrote: > But who owns Batik? Apache or the current "committers"? This IS an > important point. We (my company) wish to use Batik in our projects, but > we need to have a clear idea about where it is going and what sort of > support we may/may not need to anticipate. Jeremias Maerki FOP committer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
