+! reads well and clarifies some useful points we often take for granted. Upayavira
On Mon, 16 May 2011 12:58 -0400, "Michael McCandless" <luc...@mikemccandless.com> wrote: > +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 > > > > >
