Hi Dave, all
I proposed the following new logic on the comdev mailing list.
Who is permitted to vote is, to some extent, a community-specific
thing. However, the basic rule is that only PMC members have binding
votes, and all other votes are advisory.
Much better with exactly the same meaning.
It turns out that this awful language on the voting page goes back to
at least July 2004. Thanks to Pedro for pointing it out. It should be
changed in the next few days.
Thank _you_ for listening.
I still don't understand why ASF is/was so strict. ASF Software is still
"distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
ANY KIND, either express or implied"
(all the SHOUTING copied ipsis verbis from the ASF page
http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#headers)
So what is all the "rules are there to protect all PMC members with an
insurance and a legal shield" argumentation about? The software is
provided as is without warranties...
Kind regards,
Pedro
