On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 15:05 -0400, Henri Yandell wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Roland Weber wrote: > > > Hello Henri, > > > > I'm one of those whom it concerns: committer but not PMC. > > > >> So being on a PMC means that your legal protection is something you're > >> supposed to be proactive about > > > > Meaning that a PMC member should get an insurance that covers the cost > > of lawsuits, or contact a lawyer right away to discuss the legal > > implications of a lawsuit that might be filed in a different country, > > or what? > > Sorry, that's very badly worded on my part. I didn't mean it to be as > scary as it sounds or to imply that being on a PMC requires more legal > consultation than just being a developer of open source anywhere. >
Henri, What is the procedure for PMC nominations these days? I would like to propose Roland for PMC nomination. He's been an indispensable member of the HttpComponents project for many years. What list am I supposed to send the proposal to? jakarta-private? jakarta-general? Oleg > By being a part of the PMC (and active on the PMC if you're an active > committer), then you are ensuring that the foundation is involved in > decisions and not just you personally. This increases the level to which > the foundation has your back should a legal issue come up (not that any > of this is defined, so I'm just passing on things as they've been > explained to me over the last couple of years - hopefully accurately :)). > > >> I'm of the opinion that if we have a committer who doesn't want to be on > >> the pmc, [...], that that committer should become a contributor again. > > > > Meaning that because I don't want to get an insurance or contact a > > lawyer proactively, all the code I submit has to be checked in by > > another committer, of whom we have too few anyway in HttpComponents? > > > > I hope I got you all wrong, because the way I understand it, > > your proposal sounds really bad. > > Sorry to cause worry. It's the other way around from how you've > interpreted it and my reason for the above opinion is that I'd be worried > about someone who wanted to sit and code but wanted to continue to > delegate responsibility to the pmc/foundation for their code. > > Hen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
