Jeff Turner wrote: [...]
If you are not part of a PMC, you have no legal protection from the ASF.Let's clarify exactly what is broken before fixing it.
Thus we are advocating that all projects be -projects- where possible (not sub-projects), with their own PMC with all dedicated committers in it.
Here is part of an explanation on avalon-dev from Greg Stein:
"The primary motivation is to create a more direct path from those
accountable and responsible (the PMC) and the code. Without a direct,
obvious, and demonstrable oversight, it will be impossible for the ASF to show that the code was developed and released according to *its* desires.
IOW, it was done by individuals, so the liability falls to those
individuals.
Yes, the risk associated with that liability is awfully low, but the ASF
exists to make it zero. (the ASF exists for other reasons, of course, but I'm trying to stay focused here :-)
"
and
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The role of a PMC member does not incur any overhead relative to what you are already doing. In fact, Roy Fielding has stated that the division between a voting committer(*) and a PMC member is not supposed to exist.
IOW, if you have voting rights, then you should be on the PMC.
The Chair has a duty to provide the Board with a quarterly report, but has no other additional time overhead. The Chair *is* an officer of the
corporation, which incurs certain responsibilities and accountability, but an officer also happens to receive more legal protection than the PMC members :-)
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Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- verba volant, scripta manent -
(discussions get forgotten, just code remains)
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