That borders on FUD. Op di 4 apr. 2017 om 05:03 schreef Joseph Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com.invalid>
> Trust me niclas, you would be singing a very different tune if you > believed something like that were happening in a project you were working > on and you were a member of the minority powerless to put a halt to it. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 29, 2017, at 4:16 AM, Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org> wrote: > > > > Well, isn't that a weak argument, since said company already have > majority > > and with vetoes can also block to loose such majority. If this happens, I > > would assume that someone in the PMC would bring it to Board's attention > to > > look into the matter, as the only course of action against a malevolent > > company taking control of a project, no matter which voting system you > > apply. > > > > Cheers > > Niclas > > > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Joseph Schaefer < > > joe_schae...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > > > >> The downside to majority rule when it comes to personnel voting is that > it > >> can lead to a situation where a company having a majority on the pmc can > >> increase their majority by voting in additional employees without the > >> minority having any way to provide a check on that exercise of power. > Yes > >> this has come up in the past. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Mar 28, 2017, at 8:03 PM, Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> on > https://community.apache.org/newcommitter.html#new-committer-process > >> it > >>> describes the process of bringing in a new committer for a "typical > >>> project". > >>> > >>> But in the "Discussion" it speaks of "3 +1 and no vetoes"... Is it > really > >>> "typical" that projects use vetoes for new committers? I can't recall > >>> seeing that anywhere, not saying it is incorrect, but asking whether it > >>> really is "typical". > >>> > >>> Perhaps we should provide links to a handful of well-known project's > >>> processes, to both give a template for projects to work with as well as > >>> different approaches. > >>> > >>> Anyone has any opinion on this matter? > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> -- > >>> Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > >>> http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > > http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > -- Pierre Smits ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> OFBiz based solutions & services OFBiz Extensions Marketplace http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/
