On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Chris Meller <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't much follow the LLC discussion, but what value would that in itself > provide? It's not as if the LLC would have a bank account filled with monies > to pull from, so someone (or multiple someones) would still end up paying > for things, even if they were under the "umbrella" of the LLC.
In theory, if someone were to approach Habari saying "You stole all the code from proprietary Secret Project X", we would have a hard time defending ourselves. An LLC would, in theory, be able to better retain legal counsel and execute a defense. I'm sure there are other benefits, but the above is what I've understood to be one of the biggest. > Can someone review the conditions / qualifications / etc. for ASF incubation > again, so we're all clear on what would be required? How: http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html Who: http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.html When: http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Process_Description.html Entry Guides: http://incubator.apache.org/guides/index.html I'm generally agreeable to the idea of incubation. Some small pain in transition and learning new tools would be a fair trade in exchange for being relieved of infrastructure responsibility, improved marketing capacity, and an increased sense of legitimacy in the eyes of the general public. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
