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> On Apr 27, 2015, at 1:54 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Upayavira <u...@odoko.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015, at 06:50 PM, David Nalley wrote: >>>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: >>>> Initial sketch placed on the wiki: >>>> >>>> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/WhimsyProposal >>>> >>>> Anyone who is so inclined is welcome to edit the proposal directly. >>>> >>>> No urgency or timeframe in mind (other than preferably starting sometime in >>>> 2015ish). My current thinking is to follow in Steve's footprints and go >>>> directly to TLP, but I'm starting a discussion here (in Incubator) to see >>>> if >>>> there are any other thoughts on the matter. >>>> >>>> - Sam Ruby >>> >>> >>> So one question (and perhaps a selfish concern). >>> >>> Infrastructure has a significant interest in whimsy (the service and >>> codebase). I suspect that the ASF is also likely (at least for now) >>> the primary user. Infrastructure has spent some time and resources, >>> and even has a contractor that is paid on working on Whimsy and the >>> associated areas. >>> >>> My question (and selfish concern) is: We have generally accepted that >>> the ASF doesn't pay for development on projects. What does that mean >>> for the contractors? Are they effectively forbidden from doing >>> development work on Whimsy? In particular, I have a ruby developer >>> working as a contractor who I'd like to working on things like Whimsy, >>> secretary workbench, etc. >> >> What a wonderful question!! >> >> My take: a contractor cannot be paid to work on Whimsy, that's fair and >> understandable. He is paid to work on ASF infrastructure. However, as a >> part of fulfilling those duties, if he needs to work on Whimsy, or to >> code up a patch on httpd, or whatever, so be it. As far as the *project* >> is concerned, he is a volunteer the same as everyone else. He's being >> paid to work on infrastructure, not on Whimsy. >> >> One thing that I saw during my stint as VP Fundraising is that projects >> and the Foundation really are distinct things. The Foundation can >> contract someone to work on a project that it needs in order to support >> the work of the Foundation. If that happens to be contributing to an ASF >> project, so be it. However, they are not gaining any special privilege, >> they are as it were "paid by an external entity" just like all other >> contributors to any other ASF project. > > +1 > >> Upayavira > > - Sam Ruby > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
