So, what would you propose? Strip HiveMind out of the sandbox CVS? Track down any backup mirrors and
erase them? Kidnap its users and brain wash them?
You've acknowledged that when you commit any code to Apache you give up ownership of that code.
Also what is said on the Web site is governed by the same Apache license. In order to endorse
any product or company on an Apache web site there needs to be written permission
from the Apache Foundation. The fact that no other company is officially endorsed
(Maven has some hidden acknowledgments in it's plug-in docs) says you are asking for a
new precedent to be set. While you certainly could make suggestions in the negotiating terms,
if that is what the Apache Foundation member, wants to do, is not your responsibility.
It is your responsibility to bring this matter to the Apache Foundation as a good steward.
Also plain committers like us are not Apache Foundation members.
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Howard M. Lewis Ship
Creator, Tapestry: Java Web Components
http://jakarta.apache.org/tapestry
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/sandbox/hivemind/
http://javatapestry.blogspot.com
