On Thursday 09 November 2006 11:20, David Gilbert wrote: > Why don't we be honest and just admit that there is no goodwill between > the projects? It was there, briefly, but now it is gone. There's no > collaboration, there's no cooperation...just two separate projects > implementing the same API. It is the way it is, and the world is moving > on...but let's stop pretending.
I thinks there's quite a bit of goodwill at the individual developer level, but this doesn't translate easily into collaboration. If a developer already contributing to one project would want to make a particular contribution available to both, she needs to not only dual-license her work but to get clearance from the other project to contribute - that's quite a lot of work already. And then she has to track acceptance or otherwise of the contribution and subsequent bug reports on both lists, which is also extra work. One could hardly blame her for sticking with the project she knows. Both FSF and ASF tend to generate strong developer loyalty (which is a Good Thing in each case), but that doesn't necessarily mean the world is divided into two opposing camps. Peace, Chris -- Chris Gray /k/ Embedded Java Solutions BE0503765045 Embedded & Mobile Java, OSGi http://www.k-embedded-java.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] +32 3 216 0369 Note: our official registered address has changed from Paleisstraat 119 to Koningstraat 21, 2000 Antwerpen. The operational address Bredestraat 4 remains valid, as do all telephone and fax numbers (and the VAT reg. number).
