Jason van Zyl wrote: > > The second I feel that the environment here at Apache has eroded to > the point where this is not possible I will not hesitate to propose > movement of the code to an environment conducive to the production of > outstanding software. I believe the environment here has the > potential of becoming seriously eroded by recent policies of heavy > handed top-down control and the philosophical visions of a few being > forced on to the entire committer base.
whoa, hang on there, tex! as potentially one of those top-down heavy handers, i'd like a bit of clarification on that last sentence. i'd like to make sure that the term 'philosophical visions' isn't being mistakenly applied to things motivated by legally-required oversight. that is, making sure that apache stays legal is part of the board's *job*; it's not a matter of philosophy. and in many cases it isn't negociable; if the entire committer base voted unanimously to violate sun's licence, or the gpl, it wouldn't make it legal or right and the board would rightfully not permit the action to take place -- despite being overwhelmingly popular. so please, can you explain your last sentence in more detail, with circles and arrows so i know specifically what you think is heavy- handed, whose hands you mean, and what you think is an imposed minority philosophy? maybe you're right and that's all really happening.. or maybe there's just another communication glitch. email is really good at getting the words across; less so at making sure the *meaning* is correctly conveyed. :-) i want to understand so i can respond (or not) correctly. thanks! -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
