David Boswell wrote: >> But let me ask you this: "Why do you need to become the project owner >> in the first place, if you can work on any given Open Source project >> *without* the legal responsibilities that come along with it?" > > I think the main issue here is that when a project is truly abandoned, > someone who would like to work on a project as a contributor can't > because there is no one to authorize that access.
Sounds like mozdev.org should be granted additional rights (at sign on) just in case something happens to a project owner, no? > This is just a > guess, but I would imagine that most people who have adopted an > abandoned project would have been happy to have been added as a > contributor instead if that had been an option. Probably yes, but what are the definitions of an "abandoned project" and wouldn't it be nice to learn from them *why* they plan to abandon their project upfront? Asking for said legal rights will make things easier for mozdev.org and people which want to contribute to projects of their likings/interest. -- Michael Vincent van Rantwijk - MultiZilla Project Team Lead - XUL Boot Camp Staff member - iPhone Application Developer _______________________________________________ Project_owners mailing list [email protected] http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners
