+1 to adding committer's affiliation as it helps show the diversity of a project.
On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Julian Hyde <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >> > >
