Trust me niclas, you would be singing a very different tune if you believed something like that were happening in a project you were working on and you were a member of the minority powerless to put a halt to it.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2017, at 4:16 AM, Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org> wrote: > > Well, isn't that a weak argument, since said company already have majority > and with vetoes can also block to loose such majority. If this happens, I > would assume that someone in the PMC would bring it to Board's attention to > look into the matter, as the only course of action against a malevolent > company taking control of a project, no matter which voting system you > apply. > > Cheers > Niclas > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Joseph Schaefer < > joe_schae...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > >> The downside to majority rule when it comes to personnel voting is that it >> can lead to a situation where a company having a majority on the pmc can >> increase their majority by voting in additional employees without the >> minority having any way to provide a check on that exercise of power. Yes >> this has come up in the past. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 28, 2017, at 8:03 PM, Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> on https://community.apache.org/newcommitter.html#new-committer-process >> it >>> describes the process of bringing in a new committer for a "typical >>> project". >>> >>> But in the "Discussion" it speaks of "3 +1 and no vetoes"... Is it really >>> "typical" that projects use vetoes for new committers? I can't recall >>> seeing that anywhere, not saying it is incorrect, but asking whether it >>> really is "typical". >>> >>> Perhaps we should provide links to a handful of well-known project's >>> processes, to both give a template for projects to work with as well as >>> different approaches. >>> >>> Anyone has any opinion on this matter? >>> >>> Cheers >>> -- >>> Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer >>> http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
