On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Michael Meeks <michael.me...@novell.com> > wrote: > > > > IMHO this is vastly preferable to some smoke and lawyer (IANAL) > > filled room that issues edicts to remove features and veto patches > > without a clear public rational on a public list (cf. the above). > > All work at the ASF that involve changes to the code base will be done > in smoke-free and publicly archived mailing lists. > > If you have questions relating to prior work done by groups other than > the ASF, I encourage you to contact those groups directly. > Despite the tone, I do think Michael makes a serious point. Rob did indicate that IBM has IP concerns and it would be good to have more details before Apache takes on any responsibilities for the code. S.
