On Sunday, December 1, 2002, at 01:39 PM, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
Our mission. Creating great software. Puzzling out how to do that
productively in cooperative volunteer teams. Releasing that widely
under a license that is both open. Crafting an effective open license.
One that doesn't entrap folks.
This proposal is exactly about 'puzzling out how to do that productively in cooperative volunteer teams'.
That's what mailing lists are for. :)
The ASF is currently fragmented. Allow me to say "balkanized". I see this as a problem. I want to 'puzzle out' how to solve this problem and I think that giving more personal context will help out.
This is my personal experience. You might disagree. But try to remember if knowing apache group members in person helped the creation of the httpd community.
As I recall, the Apache Group didn't all meet until shortly before the ASF (the corporation) was formed. The group had already been functioning very well for quite some time before the corporation was formed.
Sure I'd love to organize gettogethers every week, but we don't have the resources for that.
I believe the success of open source software depends heavily upon the fact that the internet provides a medium of communication that does _not_ require face-to-face meetings.
-aaron
