On 1/9/02 8:30 PM, "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:24, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: >> Here's a quick question - what makes that a rule? Ted putting it into a >> file? > > It is a legal requirement for the license to be valid. Of course. What I am asking is what makes it a Jakarta rule that the mentioned procedure is how it's supposed to work. See what I'm getting at? (I of course agree we have to do it....) > >> I don't disagree with the suggestion - I mean, we need to do it - I am >> just asking what makes it a rule now.... > > Anything that we decide to make a rule (hopefully little), anything that is > part of Apaches "culture"/regulations/bylaws etc, anything required to > protect Apache or committers or codebase (usually these are the legal uglies) > > am I missing anything ? Seems so. Jon said "put that rule in" and I was wondering about the process of when we decided that specific thing was a rule. >> On the issue itself, isn't this something that should be uniformly done >> across all Apache projects? >> >> I would think that since it's part of the License, we want uniformity. > > It would probably be a good idea. You could post this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > to proceed if you want. Theres also a lawyer on that list which will be able > to make sure we are doing the right thing. Good idea - I will do that. -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting You're going to end up getting pissed at your software anyway, so you might as well not pay for it. Try Open Source. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
