On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 08:57 +0100, Danny Angus wrote: > Robert wrote: > > >i sometimes find it hard to work out where opinion stops and policy > >begins... > > Then again... it is surely the PMC's business to know or find out, and > enforce? > > I mean, IANAL but as a manager I would think that if the PMC is charged > with oversight it is surely marginally better for the PMC as a body to > mis-interpret and mis-enforce centrally than for there to be n different > personal mis-interpretations of legal requirements of all kinds. > > I would have thought that a jakarta web-page of legal FAQ would at least > allow us to have an auditable standard, and if the standard is wrong it > should then be wrong for all to see, wrong everywhere to the same degree > and require one fix, rather than a big analysis effort up front.
i think i'm (almost) persuaded by this. it's been too fuzzy for too long and we need to start tightening things up. we have been trying to move any more general material from jakarta to the foundation site. so, this would be better at the foundation level. probably better quality of oversight there, as well. i follow the licensing list. IIRC there was a plan to create a legal FAQ for committers. i might volunteer to set something in motion... - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
