<SNIP> On 5/14/05, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having a SF project is one way for potential contributors to prove > their worth -- but remember, that's about committers. The code itself > can be added to MyFaces by any committer, without going through the > Incubator, as long as it is within the area of responsibility stated > in the Board resolution that created your top level project -- and, if > you did things correctly, that statement will generally be pretty > broad, like the Bylaws of some corporations I've seen that basically > say "this corporation can do anything that is legal" :-). </SNIP>
This sort of "suggestion" about corporate law is not helpful. Corporate law is designed to create certainty rather than uncertainty in conduct. So, I wouild not take this attempt to compare corporate law to the present machinations as helpful. I am sure Craig meant well, but the point is not a good one. Essentially "this corporation can do anything that is legal" is a statement about a body of law the corporation adapts and restricts itself to. It is not a statement that any way to avoid that body of law they can think of will be promoted.
