Re: Clojure CA over email thread on clojure-dev

2012-10-31 Thread Laurent PETIT
I think I understand what Michael mean by "bias", am I the only one with a CA to also understand it ? :-) Let's try again: the root problem is not about having to send CAs via paper, pidgeon or electronically. It is how to build a process so that it does not get in the way of as many people willin

Re: Clojure CA over email thread on clojure-dev

2012-10-31 Thread Stuart Sierra
The discussion on the clojure-dev list is not about *if* CAs will be accepted electronically, but *how*. Stuart Halloway requested help finding examples of the processes that other organizations have developed for receiving contributor agreements. In particular, he wanted to know if some large

Re: Clojure CA over email thread on clojure-dev

2012-10-30 Thread Andy Fingerhut
On Oct 30, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Michael Klishin wrote: > 2012/10/31 Andy Fingerhut > I don't think the idea of the discussion is to go by majority vote > > It's not about making decisions by majority vote, Andy. It is about > making sure many members of the community can *participate* or even > sim

Re: Clojure CA over email thread on clojure-dev

2012-10-30 Thread Michael Klishin
2012/10/31 Andy Fingerhut > I don't think the idea of the discussion is to go by majority vote It's not about making decisions by majority vote, Andy. It is about making sure many members of the community can *participate* or even simple be aware of important discussions. Most people don't fol

Re: Clojure CA over email thread on clojure-dev

2012-10-30 Thread Andy Fingerhut
The concept of selection bias is only applicable when you are trying to get a representative sample of a population. I don't think the idea of the discussion is to go by majority vote. It is to find a process that meets the criteria decided upon by the Clojure/core members. I'm not one of the