Another option would be to not consider the people that cannot disclose their employers when considering the diversity of the project. If there are 15 people, and 5 cannot disclose their employer, only consider the diversity of the remaining people.
Kind of the "err on the side of caution" approach. It may make it harder for a project to be "diverse enough", but I'm not sure if that's actually a bad thing. There is probably still an issue if a very large number of people on the project fall into the "cannot disclose" list. I would hope that isn't the case though. Dan On Wednesday 05 March 2008, sebb wrote: > On 05/03/2008, Roland Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Marnie McCormack wrote: > > > All, > > > > > > Several of our project (Qpid) memebers are legally in a difficult > > > position disclosing their employer in Apache world. > > > > Does that mean they are contributing in their private time rather > > than as part of their jobs? If so, they should be considered as > > independents. If contributing to the project is part of their job > > responsibilities, they should be required to disclose the employer. > > If the actual employers cannot be disclosed, perhaps it would be > possible to list the different companies anonymously? > > e.g. > Company 1 employs Adrian, Barbara, Cedric > Company 2 employs Peter, Quentin, Rick > > This might help with determining diversity. > > > > They have signed a legal > > > document, in order to be allowed to contribute to Apache, and > > > thus this is not a simple preference issue. > > > > My own employer's requirements are something like "must not create > > the impression to act on behalf of the employer". It doesn't say > > "is not allowed to disclose the employer". A statement like > > "independent contributor, working for XXX in the day job" > > would satisfy that. > > If it's just one or two of that category, I wouldn't care about > > the employer at all. But previous postings suggest that a lot of > > people are working for the same employer, and that's something > > that should be clarified. Maybe it's a club of spare time > > developers that met at work and are now jointly working on Qpid? > > > > cheers, > > > > Roland > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- J. Daniel Kulp Principal Engineer, IONA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dankulp.com/blog --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
