> For those of us that are not on infrastructure@, what's the summary thus
> far? Is it just the obvious which can be gleaned from the above, ie Andy
> proposed blog software installed on an apache.org machine and someone
> -1'ed it, or was it merely a page linking to blogs?
Essentially infrastructure will install and maintain blogging code:
-> When a certain project requests it, through their PMC,
for a certain goal; and we do not hear any negative
mumblings from board or see issues with management
AND
-> it is technically feasable and we clearly have the
volunteer and infrastructure to create and maintain
the requested/required security and service level.
Now for personal blogs, non-ASF stuff, or stuff which does not fit in the
coding/projects managed by PMC's (and is clearly under a charter, PMC
oversight and control) we will not do anything until we hear from the
board (or some other entity which is to provide oversight).
The board will most likely not do anything until this list, community@
demonstrates some very clear consensus as to what the right thing is to do
in this area and what the policy for such should be.
As a guide line; the general charter of the ASF is:
http://www.apache.org/foundation/
The Apache Software Foundation exists to provide organizational,
legal, and financial support for the Apache open-source software
projects. Formerly known as the Apache Group, the Foundation has
been incorporated as a membership-based, not-for-profit
corporation in order to ensure that the Apache projects continue
to exist beyond the participation of individual volunteers, to
enable contributions of intellectual property and funds on a sound
basis, and to provide a vehicle for limiting legal exposure while
participating in open-source software projects.
...cut...
Thus, the ASF is governed by the community it most directly serves
-- the people collaborating within its projects.
That is the guiding principle for all resources spend. That is the spirit
which the board has to make sure we act in. If this groups can come to
consensus with regard to blogs; and that consensus fits in the above; then
I would not expect the board to even twitch :-) and infrastructure will
set up wathever needed.
Dw
