Martin Cooper wrote:
On 3/19/07, Vadim Gritsenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Martin Cooper wrote:
> Those sites provide infrastructure, but absolutely no legal protection.
Who says there is no way to combine legal protection and non-absurd
procedures?
Not me. We don't have absurd procedures, so we're already there.
I consider tag before vote as absurd.
For example: community votes for a release, RM tags a release (and prepares
files), pmc rubber-stamps it with 'ACK' within 72 hours (a-la PMC
composition change process), done.
PMCs are not about rubber-stamping anything. They are about project
oversight and responsibility.
Oversight and responsibility is happening before you tag. They are part of day
to day work. Mechanical checks for NOTICE and LICENSE files preceding approval
for distribution stamp happen after.
And the big one. The main goal ASF exists for is fostering software
development
communities. With second goal being software released in the process. And
the legal part here is an *evil necessity*, it is *not* a goal.
Interesting perspective.
Thanks.
Vadim
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