+1 from me. -- Rich Bowen
On Apr 15, 2009, at 16:47, Chris Meller <[email protected]> wrote: > ASF incubation seems to offer a number of potential benefits and no > obvious detriments, so I'll go +1. > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Chris J. Davis > <[email protected]> wrote: > We need to take a vote, one that is open to the community. If the > outcome of that vote is to move forward with incubation then we need > to write a proposal thingy as outlined in the How link that skippy > provided. > > Once we have the proposal ready we submit it to the ASF and wait for > them to approve us. > > So, I will call the vote. Since this is an extremely important > decision in the life of our community I would suggest a 36 hour > window for voting. As with all votes the only binding votes are > those of the PMC, but all community members are encouraged to vote > so that we (the PMC) can know how you feel. Knowing this will help > us make an informed decision. > > Do I have +1's from the PMC for opening the vote? > > On Apr 15, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Chris Meller wrote: > >> So we all seem to be generally in favor of incubation and unsure of >> the potential value of an LLC... Where do we go from here? >> >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Scott Merrill <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
