I agree Joe, We only have a very few immutable rules. Everything else is policy. As long as policy don't break those immutable rules the they can shift and change as much as they need to in order to empower individual project communities.
Coincidentally I wrote a presentation on this very topic last night. I'll look to share it once it has been delivered, but too late for me to add to the CFP. Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Joe Brockmeier<mailto:j...@zonker.net> Sent: 2/16/2015 8:01 AM To: dev@community.apache.org<mailto:dev@community.apache.org> Subject: Re: Apache Way talks On Sat, Feb 14, 2015, at 01:38 PM, jan i wrote: > I have a feeling that we are standing at a crossroad where many > questions like Directd funding, ApacheCON, entry ticket to ASF > (Incubator/pTLP) > tear us apart, and I believe it is high time the members of ASF take a stand > (whatever it may be), and show we are ONE united in the APACHE WAY. I'm not sure directed funding, handling ApacheCon, etc. are immutable or define The Apache Way. We can allow (or not) directed funding and still practice community over code, merit, openness, etc. The fact that a large and diverse membership do not agree on these issues need not "tear us apart" if we can discuss and resolve issues without animosity. If we agree that "community over code" is one of the defining aspects of Apache, surely we can also agree that the community is also more important than folks having their way over whether or not Apache allows (or experiments with) directed funding or other models of promoting/sustaining projects and their infrastructure. Best, jzb -- Joe Brockmeier j...@zonker.net Twitter: @jzb http://www.dissociatedpress.net/
