On Dec 20, 2005, at 12:19 PM, Sylvain Wallez wrote:
Sam Ruby wrote:
Sylvain Wallez wrote:
As a general rule, the ASF doesn't go out "inviting", people
within the ASF either start a new project, or projects come to us.
You're playing with words. Sure, there's no formal invitation
process. Now ASF members can approach projects they find
interesting and "suggest them to submit a proposal to the ASF", for
the greatest benefit of both the coming and existing ASF projects.
Thinking more about it, the fact that the ASF isn't supposed to
invite projects seems to go against the ASF meritocratic rules. You
should not ask for being a committer: you are voted in when other
committers consider you deserve it. And you can reject the offer.
Same for membership. Why couldn't it also apply to projects that
already follow the Apache way and are of interest to the
Foundation's projects?
On the other hand, proposals like this one, originating from
commercial entities, really look to me as "pushing the ASF door
open", even if the incubator is supposed to ensure community
diversity and healthiness before graduating as a real project.
If we don't invite projects then we become driven by the projects
that come to us, which have been overwhelmingly sponsored by
corporate interests. Saying we don't have an agenda is really
saying that we're happy to accept someone else's agenda, which I am
certainly not happy with.
Ted
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