On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Pierre Smits <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> wrote: > How can it be that 'Contributor' is not an official 'hat'-definition in the > (explanatory) pages of the ASF? While so much importance is placed on > correct usage of terminology in projects and elsewhere, based on those > pages. > > Shouldn't the document > http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#roles be amended (with > respect to definitons 'User' and 'Developer) in such a way that it reflects > that?
I don't think a generic "Contributor" adds much to that document. What confusion about the term contributors would the hypothetical update clarify?