> from: Greg Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 05:05:19PM -0700, Scott Sanders wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 04:34:17PM -0700, Greg Stein wrote: > >... > > > Hang on here. Are you suggesting that when the *BOARD* chose to call this > > > Apache Commons, that the Board somehow "stole" the name from one of the > > > things that the ASF already owns? How is that possible? > > > > I think that what is being stated is not that the board 'stole' the name, > > but that if it actually comes to pass in the future that the board decides > > to merge the two communities, as you explain later in this message, the > > jakarta-commons group will NOT have a choice in the matter, and the rules in > > the new group will be very different from the old group. > > To be honest, I don't have a lot of sympathy with that POV. <snip> > If you look at the above two items, it comes down to: participate on this > list if you want to see things work a certain way. If you don't participate, > then you better not whine about the results.
I'm trying to participate, but the board has already taken the decision to go ahead. You are asking for a debate about the details of Apache Commons. I want to be able to reject it outright. That was denied me. Forgive me if I'm a little peeved :-( Stephen
