I can only speak for myself. I would like to acknowledge the patronage of the 
company that employs me and makes it possible for me to contribute to Apache 
projects.

I very strongly believe in the Apache philosophy that people, not the companies 
that employ them, are the committers to projects. There is a potential for 
conflict of interest; a time-honored solution to that problem is to acknowledge 
that conflict of interest. I am an employee of Hortonworks, but unless I 
explicitly state that I am wearing my Hortonworks hat, in discussions I am 
advocating what I believe is best for Calcite.

In the case of Calcite, I am proud that our committers come from a variety of 
companies and I think this diversity makes the project attractive to someone 
considering whether to use it.

Julian


On Jul 17, 2015, at 2:43 PM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> wrote:

> What is the benefit other than looking like other projects?
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Julian Hyde <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> How do folks feel about adding an "Organization" column to
>> http://calcite.incubator.apache.org/develop/ showing which company or
>> organization each committer works for?
>> 
>> I am mildly in favor of this. Most of the other projects I checked
>> list committers' affiliations, but not all.
>> 
>> +0
>> 
>> Julian
>> 

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