On 10/30/07, William A. Rowe, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matthieu Riou wrote: > > On 10/30/07, Matt Hogstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> On Oct 30, 2007, at 11:58 PM, Matthieu Riou wrote: > >> > >>> "there are at least 3 legally independent committers and there is no > single > >>> company or entity that is vital to the success of the project" > >> What does legally independent mean? Not paid by the same company to > >> work on a project? I'd be ok with that. > > > > My interpretation is not paid by anybody to work on the project. Could > be > > the wrong interpretation though, but then the phrasing is maybe not that > > clear. They should be described as being independent from *each other*. > > :) Yes you read too much into it, independent of one another (not > partners, > employees etc of the same organization, other than the ASF itself).
Sounds better this way, thanks for clarifying :) Matthieu This would /include/ a pending assemblage of people, so if five folks get > together and plan to launch an incubating project, and kick off a company > from that together, they do need to ensure they have at least two > independent > individuals join that project who aren't one of that group at graduation. > > Strange things will happen as projects evolve, of course. That's not the > incubator's concern once they had graduated. But like you point out, > folks > who learn to think and contribute critically to a project will keep doing > so > even when they work together at the same company. > > We don't know enough about the corporate culture of an existing group of > folk > to say they can speak independently of their employer, and honestly, we > don't > care as long as there is sufficient diversity on the project in the first > place. > > Bill > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
