Hey Guys, Roy Fielding clarified that diversity is a great thing but it can't be a requirement:
http://markmail.org/message/w56cmyri4osgcgud I agree with Roy's interpretation. You are fine, proceed :) BTW, I'm happy to stay on the PMC. My recommendation is to invite the entire current PPMC (opt-out, rather than opt-in). Cheers, Chris -----Original Message----- From: Alan Gates <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 25, 2013 7:28 AM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MENTOR] Graduation and diversity? >Recently (the last few years) the incubator has been less concerned about >this, and has been graduating projects anyway. They've been more >focussed on making sure the project runs itself in the Apache way, which >Knox is definitely doing. > >I haven't kept up with the affiliation of all the Knox committers/PPMC >members. Are they all still Hortonworks? > >One other possible approach to mitigate this is to specifically ask Chris >to stay on the new PMC, since he has been quite active in mentoring the >project. > >Alan. > >On Oct 24, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Kevin Minder wrote: > >> I'm reviewing the various Apache docs around graduation and this >>particular paragraph is concerning. >>> The project is considered to have a diverse community when it is not >>>highly dependent on any single contributor (there are at least 3 >>>legally independent committers and there is no single company or entity >>>that is vital to the success of the project). Basically this means that >>>when a project mostly consists of contributors from one company, this >>>is a sign of not being diverse enough. You can mitigate this >>>requirement by admitting more external contributors to your project >>>that have no tie to the single entity. >> To date we have been unable to address the diversity issue. How likely >>is a successful graduation attempt in light of this? >> >> >> >> -- >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >> NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or >>entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is >>confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable >>law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you >>are hereby notified that any printing, copying, dissemination, >>distribution, disclosure or forwarding of this communication is strictly >>prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please >>contact the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Thank You. > > >-- >CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity >to >which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, >privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader >of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified >that >any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or >forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have >received this communication in error, please contact the sender >immediately >and delete it from your system. Thank You.
