Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 18 Jun 2011, at 16:27, Reizinger Zoltán <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Ross, > > 2011.06.18. 16:56 keltezéssel, Ross Gardler írta: >> On 18 Jun 2011, at 15:31, Andy Brown<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ross Gardler wrote: >>>> If (and that's a big if) infra are willing to host software for you the >>>> license is not an issue. We won't distribute incompatibly licensed >>>> software it but we use it. The rules are to make sure users can do what >>>> ever they want with our software, when it comes to support for developers >>>> you'll find the ASF to be very pragmatic. >>>> >>>> Ross >>> Hi Ross, >>> >>> This is not about support for developers it is for users. >> The developers/contributors support users. > In OOo forum case no developers answered any questions on users forums, so > low number of developers can not do this. > The developers answered usually on users mailing list. > The volunteers, moderators on forums mostly power users of OOo, with no > developer background. Note I added "contributor" to "developer" in my response above. In the ASF, just as in most successful projects including OO.o, people who support users are first class citizens in the development process. The people with the closest relationship with users are sometimes the best people to guide future direction. For this reason we try not to separate between code developers, documentation writers, user supporters, marketers etc. My point is that, at least from my point of view, the profile of people in these forums is irrelevant. Rob makes a similar point about not segregating people by role, so I won't expand further. Ross > > Some volunteers, as I, worked in OOo projects as QA volunteers after some > time if he has a will. > I not provided any code to OOo, in Base QA I was the first reviewer of > submitted bugs, looked around in bugzilla for similar problems, or earlier > fixed bugs, tested problems in available environment. My work helped OOo Base > developers to work only on "real" bugs. > If I found problems during answering to questions on forum, and it proved, > sometimes submitted bugs in bugzilla. > > Zoltan >> The point still stands. The ASF will consider hosting software under any >> licence for it's projects. The limitation is resources not license. >> >> Ross >> >>> Andy >>> >
