Maybe anybody knows how to create group email alias for free?
something like: dev-om-apache-ext...@whatever.com?


On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Maxim Solodovnik <solomax...@gmail.com>wrote:

> I have updated all apache-extras projects (replace dev@ with my email or
> Sebastian's email)
> except for  (no adminitration rights)
> https://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/openmeetings-atutor-plugin
> https://code.google.com/p/red5phone/
>
> @Sebastian can you update these two?
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 4:13 AM, seba.wag...@gmail.com <
> seba.wag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The OpenMeetings PMC agrees on  disabling those notifications.
>> Anybody interested in those emails can subscribe to it on its own.
>>
>> Sebastian
>> Am 22.03.2013 05:34 schrieb "Luciano Resende" <luckbr1...@gmail.com>:
>>
>> > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 3:00 AM, seba.wag...@gmail.com
>> > <seba.wag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > There is a flag in the mail notification to turn of diff's in those
>> > emails.
>> > > So theoretically those emails don't have to include not even code
>> > fragments
>> > > of GPL licensed code.
>> > > So those emails could become what they initially should have been:
>> Some
>> > > simple notification of activity.
>> > >
>> > > We are actually also not interested in what exactly has changed or
>> > archiving
>> > > external activities.
>> > > If anybody is interested in those projects he can catch up with those
>> > > involved there.
>> > >
>> > > All we are interested is a "heads up" there is something going on as
>> we
>> > > provide integration APIs that 3th parties are using.
>> > >
>> > > There are also a number of more 3th party projects that send those
>> pings.
>> > > Basically all projects hosted at apache-extras.org are configured to
>> > send a
>> > > ping to our list when there was a SVN commit.
>> > >
>> http://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/hosting/search?q=openmeetings
>> > >
>> > > It is argueable if an Apache developer list is the right place to have
>> > such
>> > > a "news aggregator" for activities around OpenMeetings.
>> > > There might be easy ways to resolve such a conflict. Possibly for
>> > example a
>> > > Google Group Mailing list. "openmeetings-apache-extras" or something
>> like
>> > > that. It does in fact not make a difference, just another mailing
>> list to
>> > > monitor :)
>> > > It is just a bit an imaginary line that we draw here from my point of
>> > view.
>> > >
>> > > Sebastian
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 2013/3/21 Jim Jagielski <j...@apache.org>
>> > >>
>> > >> IMO, it's inappropriate content for a dev@ list, which is
>> > >> a place to *discuss* development, not an "archive" for
>> > >> external development, legal issues notwithstanding.
>> > >>
>> > >> On Mar 20, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org>
>> > wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> > I would be uncomfortable as well. If project members want to follow
>> > >> > external projects that's great, but duplicating all of an external
>> > project's
>> > >> > messages onto the public dev@ list is... not a best practice, to
>> say
>> > the
>> > >> > least.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Personally, I'd have to presume (for the average user) that
>> everything
>> > >> > coming from that other GPL licensed project is GPL.  Thus, this
>> seems
>> > to
>> > >> > violate the principle of least surprise and the fact that GPL is
>> > Category X,
>> > >> > which means that end users should be able to use Apache projects
>> and
>> > >> > products without having to worry that GPL code is included - either
>> > in the
>> > >> > download, or in other places on our websites or mailing lists.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > - Shane
>> > >> >
>> > >> > On 3/19/2013 6:51 PM, Ross Gardler wrote:
>> > >> >> It's come to my attention that the openmeetings project has
>> recently
>> > >> >> subscribed their dev list to the commit messages of a Google Code
>> > >> >> hosted
>> > >> >> project under the GPL. I asked why and was told " those updates
>> are
>> > >> >> interesting for our integration API." There is some overlap in
>> > >> >> committers but the project communities do seem to be distinct
>> other
>> > >> >> than
>> > >> >> this cross-posting of commits.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> I'm quite uncomfortable about this as it means that GPL code is
>> > passing
>> > >> >> through our lists (and being archived) without any clear
>> indication
>> > of
>> > >> >> its legal status. What I'm not sure about is whether my
>> discomfort is
>> > >> >> because of an irrational fear of someone inadvertently using GPL
>> code
>> > >> >> without knowing it or whether that is, in fact, a rational fear.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Advice please?
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Ross
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> --
>> > >> >> Ross Gardler (@rgardler)
>> > >> >> Programme Leader (Open Development)
>> > >> >> OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >
>> >
>> > We have had a similar discussion in the ComDev related to Apache
>> > Extras [1], and the consensus at that time was that external projects,
>> > particular the ones that are not compatible with AL2, should be
>> > managed separately, which means that we should not encourage PMCs to
>> > have their official mailing lists receiving e-mails from other
>> > non-Apache GPL projects. If individuals are interested on what's going
>> > on with external projects, they should subscribe to these projects
>> > mailing list as an individual.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/community-dev/201209.mbox/%3CCALvzYd-h4Q%3DcTEgGqCNEEninhVose8uiGt2gTK22n9cMr_kVyg%40mail.gmail.com%3E
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Luciano Resende
>> > http://people.apache.org/~lresende
>> > http://twitter.com/lresende1975
>> > http://lresende.blogspot.com/
>> >
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