No, that is not correct. The point of having most committers
on the PMC is not to keep discussions out of google. The
point of getting them on the PMC is so that the ASF can
legally protect them, and so that they are legally empowered
to participate in the decisions that govern the
It should be noted that Apache Software Foundation members
are the legal
*owners* of the software that is available under the Apache
Software License. Indeed, that is one of the key benefits to
becoming an ASF member, as opposed to just a committer on one
or more projects. It seems
Current drafts of the 2.0 license include a solution to this
issue, plus a whole bunch of other niceties. Discussions of
the new license are happening on a mailing list dedicated to
that purpose.
Where is that mailing list?
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