The ASF is not about code; it is about community. If a community forks, or
otherwise emerges around a codebase, we are not accepting the CODE: we are
accepting the COMMUNITY.
And it seems to me that if we are to say that a COMMUNITZY is not permitted to
participate despite use of code that is perfectly proper according to the
license, then we are beggaring out own license, the whole point of which is to
permit forks, and to prevent a sole copyright holder from assuming control over
the community.
If a corporation were to create an ASF-licensed codebase, and later decide to
"take back" control, would we refuse a COMMUNITY-based project based on that
codebase?
--- Noel
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