On 19 October 2011 16:28, Simon Phipps <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Pedro Giffuni <[email protected]> wrote: > >> -1 >> The Apache Foundation *IS* neutral. >> Beyond the evident open wounds the previous relationship with SUN/Oracle >> may have left in the community, the OpenOffice.org domain is the natural >> reference for longtime users and the developers of the many forks. >> > > I agree, but the problem is one not of the neutrality of the trademark owner > but rather the practical neutrality of the administration of the shared > list. Is the project happy for the list administration to be shared with > others outside Apache?
In principle - yes (and in this case I believe I am speaking for the PPMC). The precise details need to be agreed, but Michaels proposal of " a three-way owner / moderator structure with Dennis, Rob and myself providing some spectrum of balance. It would of course help to have the previous subscriber list available to pre-populate it, but that can be inferred from the archives if necessary." Is a great place to start. I'm not sure if those individuals wish to take on this responsibility, I don't want to speak for them. If anyone else in the AOOo community would like to propose themselves now is a good time. Ross -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
