On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 6:03 PM Sage Sharp <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 2:48 PM Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 2019/06/26 20:55:52, Naomi S <[email protected]> wrote: > > > if you can’t justify that rule beyond “that’s how we do it”, it’s a > > useless> > > > rule and should be abandoned. if you can’t find a reason beyond “we > > should> > > > be neutral”, that’s the end of the productive discussion as far as I’m> > > > concerned lol> > > > > It has been justified numerous times by several people. It has been a > > guiding principle for decades. Now you are free to ignore all that, or > > disregard that (you can't teach people who refuse to learn), but pretending > > that the only justification that has ever been made for it is "that’s how > > we do it" is just plain silly and disingenuous and so obviously false that > > I am somewhat embarrassed to even respond to it. > > I'm new to ASF culture and norms. Can you please point me to a public > document that outlines why the ASF does not pay for software development?
This thread may help: https://s.apache.org/IxFr. TL;DR: as far as we know, the why is not documented, but Ross's explanation in that thread is helpful. > Sage Sharp > Outreachy Organizer - Sam Ruby
