Joe Schaefer wrote: > Here are some of the things that guide me in my decision- > making about governance and Apache communities. Please > feel to add you own thoughts on the subject! > > 1) Fairness and Equitable Treatment- that it is wrong to apply > different standards to different people based solely on their > (external) accrued status. > > 2) Tolerance- that we respect the diversity of opinion without > the need for tit-for-tat arguments about who is "right". > > 3) Fun- that the nature of participation here is personally > satisfying and not onerous. > > 4) Consistency- that we don't apply different standards to > different people based on whatever hot topic is currently being > debated. > > 5) Competence- that we entrust people who are most familiar with > the work being performed to exercise their oversight and judgement > about the codebase. > > 6) Empowerment- that people who show sustained levels of competence > and oversight capabilities are rewarded with higher levels of > organizational responsibility. > > [more later]
Good stuff. For ages i have wanted to add a page somewhere that explains very clearly "principles and constraints" for the ASF. Alas little time and none now. The research that i was able to manage was to find a post where Roy explained: Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 Subject: Re: [Request For Comment] Third-Party Licensing Policy http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200603.mbox/%3caf1860b6-a15e-4e8f-9cf9-f11ed8c75...@gbiv.com%3E -David --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org