On 6/27/2019 10:27 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > I have just checked the foundation document for the ASF, the Certificate > of Incorporation at > https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/certificate.html.
Sorry but that's fairly standard legalese for our corporate umbrella and is not really the defining document of how we, the ASF, achieve our mission. I don't disagree that finding "we don't pay for code" written down takes digging. But it's a dead end argument to say that "not paying for code" isn't a well-heeled and well-adopted proviso of the foundation. The current board however is certainly empowered to change that tenet but I expect it would be controversial IMO with the membership let alone on the board itself. Likely why the board is treating the entire topic like a hot potato. Regards, KAM -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171
