I'm not a committer here - but I think this is a excellent way to handle it...
> Matthew Langham wrote: > >> I discussed this with Sylvain and we both were not sure of the Apache >> side of things. Perhaps someone can comment on what is "allowed" in >> the sense of "tolerated". Thanks. > > Ok, a few comments from an ASF member. > > NOTE: this is *not* official. Only the ASF board can state something > officially about the ASF, but this is as official as I can get. > > First, Apache pays back with visibility, recognition, respect, credits > and all the non-conservative resources that we can. Paying back with > non-conservative resources (those that the sum is not constrained, > unlike money) allows to remove friction from the communities that would > otherwise develop. > > So, rule #1: as long as giving a resource to somebody doesn't remove > anything from somebody else, no friction will develop and we are all > set. > > Second, Apache is a realist entity. There is no such thing as 'absolute > freedom' (as some 'free software' persons advocate). In reality, you > can't eat 'non-conservative resources', well, until we don't have > startrek-like 'matter compilers', so there is an impedence mistmatch > that must somehow be solved. > > We solved it by allowing people to 'use' their visibility (a > non-conservative resource) to obtain conservative resources (mostly > money, but also benefits, such as this very laptop that was kindly > donated to me some time ago). > > Sure, there is the chance of 'abusing' this visibility. This the reason > why the Apache License prevents you from "stealing" due credits (and > avoid things like GNU/Linux debates) by abusing the name (you won't see > a 'RedHat Apache', that's for sure). > > Still, there is no problem in letting people who deserve it to be > listed someplace in the site. > > - o - > > Now, this said: I personally don't have any problem in having a page > that lists companies that provide commercial services for Cocoon, as > long as they deserve it. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as an > ASF policy for those things and we are allowed to create our own. > > So, I would like to propose that a commercial entity that want to be > listed on those pages *MUST* have submitted at least a patch in the CVS > at some point and *MUST* be voted in by the committers. > > This should remove abuses and keep things sane. > > What do you think? > > -- > Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be > able to give birth to a dancing star. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "The heights of genius are only measurable by the depths of stupiditiy." --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
