Hi Benoit Just want to let you know that your work is much appreciated.
Alex 2014-08-16 18:11 GMT+02:00 Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]>: > 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 >
