Chris J. Davis wrote:
> 
> In a nutshell, Owen brought up the topic of creating an LLC for  
> Habari, so that we don't have people paying for things anymore, which  
> is A GOOD THING (tm), which prompted the question from the peanut  
> gallery, if we would be better served to apply to the ASF to become a  
> project.

We pride ourselves on keeping the Habari community as open as possible 
for all users.

Modeling our own project on the ASF wouldn't have made sense if we did 
not agree with how it operates.  Yet in the areas of infrastructure, 
user-contributed repositories, branding, and community-building - things 
that are important to keeping our community open - the ASF either 
doesn't provide what I think Habari needs or is more restrictive than 
the code of behavior under which Habari has so far flourished.  That 
reason alone is enough for me to discount applying.

I could go into detail on these and other points, but Sean summarized 
most of them quite nicely, basically reiterating my reservations from 
the last time we discussed this topic.

I am against Habari applying for ASF membership:  -1

Owen

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