+1 And, it would certainly give devs more cred when we have to stand before someone about our technology choices.
Tim Worman UCLA GSE&IS On Sep 19, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Kieran Kelleher wrote: > +1 > > On Sep 19, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Chuck Hill wrote: > >> That is an interesting idea. I can see that it would make Wonder/WO seem >> much more credible. >> >> >> On 2011-09-19, at 6:24 AM, Andrus Adamchik wrote: >> >>> I was trying to find a statement on the association objectives. >>> >>> Here is a crazy idea - maybe instead of starting a new non-profit, the >>> community should consider taking the open source parts of the WO code and >>> join the Apache Software Foundation. The benefits are the following: >>> >>> * WOCommunity will become a top level project (TLP) under one of the most >>> recognized open source brands, exposing it to many more eyes compared to >>> now. >>> * Apache has advanced and time-proven governing process that already works. >>> No legal expense or effort is required. >>> * Apache is the best place out there for community building, code legal >>> clearance and preservation of software projects under the ASL 2.0. >>> * Somebody will watch your infrastructure for you. >>> * You can organize your own conference and unconference events together >>> with the Apache Conference Committee, or present yourself during bigger >>> Apache events like ApacheCon. >>> * You'll have a chance to hang out with some pretty serious geeks (not sure >>> if that's a benefit ;)). >>> >>> But of course if you go this way, you'll have to become Apache and work on >>> achieving consensus with a much larger group of people on issues that go >>> beyond the code. And of course you may have different objectives than the >>> ones that I cited (community building, code legal clearance and >>> preservation). >>> >>> But give it a thought. Considering that WO core is not open source, this >>> will be creating an interesting precedent, so I called it crazy above, but >>> I think it is certainly doable. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Andrus >>> >>> >>> On Sep 19, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: >>>> Good morning everyone, >>>> >>>> As you may know, we want to register the association as a non-profit >>>> organization in Canada. Since this is the first time I'm doing this, I >>>> would like input from you for the by-laws. You can find a draft in the >>>> wiki: >>>> >>>> http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WOCOM/Organization+Incorporation >>>> >>>> If you have comments to make about them, please add them in the wiki, or >>>> post to the [email protected] mailing list (send an email to >>>> [email protected] to subscribe). >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help! >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/chill%40global-village.net >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] >> >> -- >> Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development >> >> Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall >> knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. >> http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/kelleherk%40gmail.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/lists%40thetimmy.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
