Re: February report review

2012-02-08 Thread ralph.goers @dslextreme.com
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Jukka Zitting > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The podling reports this month [1] seem pretty good in general. > > > > I spent some time unifying report formatting and fixing some minor > > issues (like Stanbol

Re: IP clearance for compatibly-licensed software WAS Re: DeltaSpike IP clarifications

2012-01-17 Thread ralph.goers @dslextreme.com
, and as a Red Hat employee, I am very pleased to see > > this happening > > So I am satisfied to accept that this is "the way it is," toe the > line, and put on the brave external face. But so I don't look like an > idiot saying "it is what it is," is there an

Re: DeltaSpike IP clarifications

2012-01-17 Thread ralph.goers @dslextreme.com
had both a Schedule A to name the individuals who created it and a Schedule B to name the software being donated. Ralph On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Matt Benson wrote: > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:43 PM, ralph.goers @dslextreme.com > wrote: > > Sorry for jumping in in the middl

Re: DeltaSpike IP clarifications

2012-01-17 Thread ralph.goers @dslextreme.com
Sorry for jumping in in the middle. Code contributed to Apache must be under some form of an agreement. If the code was authored by an individual and that individual has an ICLA on file then they can contribute the software under their ICLA. If a group of developers developed something and all hav

Re: [VOTE] Bloodhound to join the Incubator

2012-01-03 Thread ralph.goers @dslextreme.com
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Leo Simons wrote: > >... All in all I think bloodhound should continue on, and the incubator > > PMC should trust the mentors to keep things on their current track > > (hehe) of collaboration-where-poss

Re: Q. Forks without concensus?; A. anytime / depends / never without agreement

2012-01-03 Thread ralph.goers @dslextreme.com
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Doug Cutting wrote: > On 01/03/2012 07:35 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > > [1] "I don't see it as our place to *judge* communities. If it is a fork, > > or a corporate spin-out, or a move, or brand new... All Good. " > > > > [2] "At Apache, all contributions

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-19 Thread ralph.goers @dslextreme.com
I don't read it that way. Yes, ASF projects only contain individuals, but most of those individuals are employed and are in some way influenced by their employer. Calling out that the initial set of committers will be diverse and that a majority of those committers will be coming from places other