There are some minor English language issues, like agreement in number. Sean, do you want edits?
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Upayavira <u...@odoko.co.uk> wrote: > +! 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 >> > >> > >> >
