> On Jan 12, 2022, at 8:34 AM, Mohammad Noureldin <nour.moham...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I have 2 questions: > 1- How did that work in the case of Apache Struts ? Any details can be > shared ?
In the case of Struts it appears there is only a single active committer and he is the sole person receiving funds from Tidelift. It isn’t clear if the PMC was ever even consulted. > 2- Is the concept of "guarantying" here in the Legal sense ? or is it > "guarantying" by approaching the "right individuals" ? > > By "right individuals" (double quoting is intentional) I mean (P)PMC > Members for example. Though they, as mentioned here, can get funded as > individuals who don't represent the ASF as an organization nor they > represent the target project in any official way, but being a (P)PMC Member > (by the definition of the ASF organization itself) show/guarantees that the > approached individuals have the merit and the commitment towards that > target project, hence guarantying that such funds will be used efficiently > or in the right way (I am using 'efficiently' and 'the right way' in their > broader sense). Yes, this is the heart of the problem. How can you be funded solely as an individual if the agreement requires agreement from the PMC? > > But even with that in mind, I believe there is a catch ? If any of those > individuals, being (P)PMC member or not, stopped working on the target > project for whatever reason, What happens then ? > That is a great question. I guess Tidelift would find out when or if its customers started complaining. Ralph
