Hi folks, Josh here with my Tidelift hat on. (I wear many hats, as some of you know!) I want to be extremely respectful of the discourse y'all are having here, and so will be sparing in my engagement.
The conversations that played out after I reached out to Apache Log4j PMC–across Legal, ComDev, and Fundraising in January and February–were extremely edifying. We found at least one area where Tidelift _does_ need to adjust course in order to square with ASF policy, and other areas of concern that are very worthy of discussion. Having had those conversations, I've taken some time to prepare a brief document (attached) that provides more background on Tidelift, and attempts to summarize the concerns that have been raised. (I welcome corrections if I got anything wrong, and will gladly evolve the doc to include other salient points that come up.) The most important thing for me, as both a member of open source communities and as an employee of Tidelift, is that we address systemic resource disparities in open source in a manner that amplifies the best qualities of open source and in line with the spirit of open source. Solving the resource problem in a way that properly rises to the challenge requires open dialog and a collective spirit of problem solving, across many different types of stakeholders–including critical foundations like the ASF. All that is to say: Tidelift is not here to offer an inflexible path to solving these problems, nor are we here claiming to be the end-all-be-all. Rather, we are here to learn how to work with individual community members and align with ASF policy, to come up with creative solutions, and to make open source work better for everyone. I'll be happy to answer any questions that folks have, but otherwise will mostly focus my energy on listening and learning. With gratitude, Josh Josh Simmons (he/they), Sr. Ecosystem Strategy Lead @ Tidelift <https://tidelift.com/> @joshsimmons <https://twitter.com/joshsimmons> | joshua.simm...@tidelift.com | bluesomewhere on IRC TZ: US/Pacific; UTC-07:00 Mar-Nov; UTC-08:00 Nov-Mar ad astra per aspera 🚀
2022-02-27 Toward Tidelift compatibility with Apache Software Foundation policy.odt
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