Hi all,
Yesterday, some members of the PMC asked me on the private mailing-list to rename the opencouch project because of possible trademark infringements without any direct contact before. They did it after I linked the project in a discussion on irc [1]. The same request has already been done previously with the project CowDB on which we found an agreement. This latest issue/conflict and its conclusion made me took the following decision. As of today I am resigning from the Apache CouchDB PMC. I will continue to contribute to the project as a committer as much as possible. When I accepted to be a member of the PMC, I took it as an opportunity to put back the project in the rails of innovation, to improve the interactions over the code and keep the project business neutrality. Unfortunately, these last days left me with no illusions about the possibilities I have to achieve it. Moreover, I do not want to be associated with some actions from some members in the PMC and can't find the necessary level of trust to work on these topics with others. This is a hard decision for me due to the energy I put in the support of the Apache CouchDB project. But the ongoing situation is very negative/toxic for me, killing all the fun I could have in the project. It's time for me to focus on what matters. I wish a better success to the people that stay at the PMC. - benoit. [1] https://friendpaste.com/48tGyXTnuyeqfhpt3wloRZ
