On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> I'm reading FUD, from the usual misinformed suspects, saying that the >> "IBM donation to AOO is pure marketing fluff" and "IBM faked the >> donation of the Symphony code" and "IBM did not donate anything". > > Did they explain how one fakes a donation to ASF? >
I assume he is confusing two different things: 1) The donation of Symphony, which was done via an SGA (Software Grant Agreement). This occurred last year. This was recorded by the ASF Secretary and the PMC was notified when this occurred. So there should be no doubts here. Symphony was donated to the ASF. 2) Publication of Symphony as a code base via an ASF release. After discussion the PMC decided not to go down that path. The preference was to do a slower merge of Symphony enhancements rather than to rebase AOO on Symphony. If we had done the rebase path this would have required additional work from the project, including IP Clearance, modifying file headers, etc. Maybe the belief was that the "slow merge" was not for real? It certainly is not very flashy. The fixes are very practical, mundane things, the nuts and bolts of what users most care about, interoperability, stability, etc. So we have not boasted loudly about these improvements. But maybe it is worth a blog post? -Rob > Don
