On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > On Jan 10, 2012, at 4:05 PM, Peter Elst wrote: >>... The situation is just that Apache works in >> an open development model with volunteers and typically no compensation is >> given. > > I believe that the ASF employs only 2 or 3 Apache Infrastructure workers and > an XA (part-time?)...
That's correct, and AFAIK those people are contracted, not employed, but that doesn't really matter for this discussion. The ASF budget is public, see http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2011/board_minutes_2011_04_20.txt for example, "attachment ak". Expense total on that budget is $611k for one year with > 150 projects currently and *some* infrastructure costs...that might put things in perspective, especially if you compare with other open source organizations which have multi-million dollar budgets (I'm not saying we're better - it's just a different model). > > ...The ASF specifically does not pay for development on projects... Yes - being independent from any corporate influences is a key part of the ASF model, so as far as the ASF is concerned there is *never* a contract between it an an individual or company about work being done in one of our projects. It doesn't mean resources are not allocated - but that happens *outside* of the ASF. From the point of view of this project, anything that happens here is voluntary. -Bertrand
