On 6/6/11 2:48, Phil Steitz wrote:
On 6/5/11 11:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
On 6/6/2011 1:06 AM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote:
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Phil Steitz<phil.ste...@gmail.com>  wrote:

On 6/5/11 10:16 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
Wow.  Did it occur to you that the original project, Apache httpd,
was commercially exploited by vendors *even prior to the creation
of the Apache Software Foundation*?
There is a difference between commercial entities using code vs
manipulating communities.  Clearly we disagree on this and what the
ASF is for.  Fine.  I hope there is room for both of our views.
I'm totally in agreement with Phil. There is a BIG difference in the two
positions and I for one would not support ASF being exploited. ASF products
being used for commercial success is absolutely superb.
Let's clarify exploitation.  This is a code dump (exploitative) with
another group (IBM folks + OOo folks) to accept responsibility for it
(counter-exploitative).

No exceptions are made to our process, changes to the language of the
the grant letter were not accepted.  The proposers submit their idea
to the incubator, just as all others must submit their ideas for the
incubator to consider, vote upon, mentor and guide, and hopefully,
graduate to a TLP.  No exceptions.

The code is not available to developers under a permissive license,
this offer is to incubate the code under a permissive license.  It has
willing committers, and mentors.

So what I'm asking is, what is the exploitation?  That is a charged
allegation.  I initially thought the same until I read all of the
background on the history and current composition of OOo consumers.

ASF members wish to devote considerable time and energy to this
project, so exactly who the hell are you to decide what they should
and shouldn't devote that time and energy to?
Um Bill you really should cool it a bit .. why are you getting so hot about
it? Phil too is a long standing member of the ASF and has every right to
comment on this!
Yes, if he will clarify what is exploitative, otherwise the post is FUD.

To be clear; OOo was not part of LO, although it was consumed by LO.
OOo has players which use the code differently and under more flexible
license than LO has.  If Oracle incorporated OOo as a 501(c) and granted
OOo an AL to all of the code and divested itself of the OOo foundation,
would that have been exploitative?  If not, then where is the exploitation
of the ASF facing the same prospects as an independent OOo organization?

I am just a volunteer who has seen the ASF struggle with
growth-related issues for several years now.  I think it is a fair
question to ask whether we should think about different / more
selective criteria for entrance to the incubator.  Sorry if asking
that question offends you.
+1. Those (esp. members) who find that question offensive need to take a
cold shower.
Or rather, the incubator needs to evaluate current proposals on its current
methodology, and (in a quiet time between proposals) generate more specific
criteria for incubation, independent of any particular proposal.  I just
find it rude to change the rules of the game during the match.
That is a fair point and I will shut up about this now, other than
to answer your question about "exploitation" that is germane to this
proposal.   One way to look at this proposal is to see it as an
attempt to use the ASF brand and infrastructure to fork a
community.  That is exploitative.

Disclaimer: I work for Oracle, but certainly don't speak for them and I knew nothing about this other than what i've read on these mailing lists...

However, it seems like we have lost sight of the fact that TDF split the community from OOo. Sure, Oracle is the perceived villain and TDF the perceived good guy, but it doesn't change the fact that OOo created the community in the first place.

Further, if it really is true that Oracle/IBM were in talks with TDF but could not come to agreement, then how is it even remotely possible to conclude that this proposal is an attempt to fork a community? Give me a break.

-> richard

Other threads have argued both
sides of this fully.  People can come to their own conclusions. My
point was that we can't really assess this without getting clearer
on what we mean by exploitation and how much of it we are willing to
tolerate.  Again, read the post carefully and you will understand my
intent.

Phil
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