+1 this is an important topic and you explain it well. I'm not sure where it should go but I agree it should be somewhere "permanent" and visible.
Mike http://blog.mikemccandless.com On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > A number of different issues recently about commercial influence in our > projects have had me thinking about the importance that Apache projects > are managed independently. Since this isn't explicitly stated in the > obvious places, I wrote a little essay for my personal blog: > > http://communityovercode.com/2011/05/apache-projects-are-independent/ > > Comments? I think as the ASF grows up, and as some of our projects are > on the way to scoring mega stardom, it's important to ensure both that > our projects can continue to manage themselves independently, but also > to *explain* to the world that this is important to us, and why. > > Do people like this? Where would be a good place to put it in /dev or > the community site as a requirement for Apache projects? I think it's > clear that the board (past, present, and future) will expect projects to > be managed independently, but it's not clear that we've done a good > enough job of explaining this yet. > > - Shane > >
