On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Stefano Bagnara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robert Burrell Donkin ha scritto:
>
>
> > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Stefano Bagnara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  >
>  > <snip>
>  >
>  >>  My opinion is that the whole issue should be an HIGH priority for the
>  >>  ASF but I'm not entitled in spamming the lists to give this more
>  >>  visibility. Maybe you or another *member* would be taken in better
>  >>  consideration.
>  >
>  > stefano - you misunderstand the difference between the PPMCer and
>  > member role. henri has posted a good diagam here:
>  > http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/821
>  >
>  > this is an issue for JAMES and the JAMES PPMC not the membership.
>  > you're on the PPMC and have every right to push this issue forward.
>  > you are absolutely entitled to repeatedly post on committee lists
>  > until someone gives you an answer. if the committees aren't listening
>  > after a reasonable attempt to raise the visibility of the issue then
>  > you should ask the board to look into it for you.
>  >
>  > - robert
>
>  Thank you for the procedure explanation (I think I understood what is a
>  PMC member and what is an ASF member.. and I think that a member has a
>  real legal role inside the ASF while a PMC member only has a role given
>  by the ASF itself and not by the law. That's why I say that a member
>  would be taken in better consideration. I don't know specific US laws,
>  but I know how foundations works here).

that's not quite right. PMC members have official legal status within
apache and can act on behalf of apache. the members own apache.

>  BTW, what are the "committee lists" ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ?
>  legal-discuss ? repository ?

in addition to the project management committees, there are a number
of other official committees for example the legal committee. these
have associated mailing lists. in the case of legal, these are legal
discuss and legal private.

- robert

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