Re: OODL: Eric's Partnership agreement - first draft

[DeRobertis]

At 4:33 PM -0700 on 12/28/99, Rob Cozens wrote:
>Uli:
>>k for
>>the partnership it is important, as each one is liable to the other. We
>>can't have 90% of the group decide over 10% of it. It's to dangerous. Every
>>*partner* needs the right to veto.
>
>Anthony:
>>IMO, this does not mean that every piece of code checked in most recieve
>>unanimous consent, but rather that agreeing on the person(s) to decide on
>>and check in that code does. And there is nothing wrong with that. [Uli
>>agrees]
>
>I just don't see how you can reconcile the two statements:  either every
>partner has a veto on everything or some actions can be taken even if a
>partner objects...which is it?

The action would be to delegate the power to certain person(s) who would
retain that power under conditions so-and-so (probably 'so long as there is
no objection from any partner'), and operate under procedures so-and-so,
and unamity would be required on that delegation.