At some point... sooner or later - we'll have to embrace the notion that resources cost money and that the success of a project may be dependent upon resources other than coding.
As an example, what will happen if Adobe keeps cranking out Flash Builder versions? Do committers get a free copy - or will they be expected to pay for it themselves? At the summit, there was no question that Adobe was going to keep releasing the IDE (at least that's what they said). If the expectation is that we keep step with advancements / fixes... who _should_ pay for that connective tissue? If Adobe isn't going to help out with licenses... and committers can't keep up-to-date - what of their status? Will they be dropped from the list? Adobe has said that they will donate people resources - what other resources are they offering? If an email over a t-shirt as an award has everyone pissing and moaning... I'm a little concerned if we hit a bigger bump in the road. I get the feeling that people hear 'non-profit' and immediately think that _everything_ is free / donated... perhaps in some cases it can be - but even Apache has a 'sponsorship' page that details where 'monetary contributions' are spent. I'm sure that they have rules for money handling - what 503(c) organization doesn't? ...but non-profit doesn't mean you don't make money. It just means that at the end of the year you're expected to show a zero-balance in your bank account. I get really frustrated when people feel some sort of entitlement because they work on project X or because your name is Y or you know person Z. I've been told more than once that a developer is only as good as their last release... at this point we should be thinking objectively and strategically for the long term. Consider this... Johnathan Campos - Apache Flex wants to have a conference in San Francisco on the first anniversary of the project. Since you're on the commiters list... you'll be donating your time - pro-bono. Oh... and btw - the conference can't make a dollar because it's non-profit. Oh... and btw - Adobe didn't agree to supporting anything like that so... you'll have to come up with sponsorship yourself or pay for it out of your own pocket. Oh... and it's possible that Apache Flex may not even have anything to release by the conference. Oh... and... -- Rick Winscot
