On 10/6/16, 9:49 AM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
>Hi, > >> IMO, you have the option of not contacting them and not adding the >> headers. > >If we don’t contact them then we need to add the headers again as stated >on legal discuss. > >> I think more Flex PMC members would prefer that we simply don't do >> anything about missing headers > >Several PMC members has asked for the headers to be added without >contacting the 3rd party, but as you insisted I am willing to follow >through with this, despite the extra effort and list email it generates I think most folks who read this thread and the links you posted will conclude differently. In the end, I think most of the active contributors would prefer that Apache Flex has a reputation for trusting the intent of 3rd parties. Those of us in that camp realize that folks may not document their licensing in the ideal way, but isn't that important. It appears to be important to you, but that isn't the mainstream opinion in this community. There may be other communities where more folks share your values, but Apache Flex isn't one of them. Your efforts at this level of detail often lead to frustration, not kudos, because then we have to spend time reviewing your plans to make sure they don't conflict with the myriad of information available from the legal-discuss folks. In this case, I happened to recall legal-discuss advice to contact the third-parties first. What all Apache Flex PMC members have common is a desire to get the big-ticket items right, especially before the first RC gets cut. You have spread your ASF time across more than one ASF project, and thus I don't think you are always keeping up with what is going on this community. I think we'd all experience less frustration if you would focus the time you spend at Apache Flex on the issues on which we share values. That way your reputation will build as "the guy who helps keep us from making a big mistake" instead of "the guy who is too picky about stuff that doesn't matter that much". Thanks, -Alex
