I have always been an infra volunteer -Jake
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (3980) < chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > I’ll note that the only person I see from infra that has been proposed > in the current PMC is Jake Ferrel: > > * Acquia: Jake Farrell > > Someone also correct me in that I don’t think Jake is a paid infra > contractor. > > In addition the way I see this is that it is no different e.g., > > than contributing upstream to FreeBSD or whatever - Infra contractors > may fix something and decide it’s in the ASF’s best interests to > contribute it upstream - same may happen for Whimsy. But to date, > ASF infra folk that are contractors I believe are not proposed to > be directly paid to contribute to Whimsy. Should they do so, great. > But in the famous words of Sam Ruby let’s deal with this if there > is an actual data point instead of hypotheticals. > > Cheers, > Chris > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> > Date: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 7:05 PM > To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Whimsy PMC > > >On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 8:51 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) < > >ross.gard...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > > >> It's a tough one. We could be setting a precedence here that we > >>absolutely > >> do not want to set. On the other hand, it's problematic (not to mention > >> simply ridiculous) if the foundation not being able to use Apache > >>software > >> because we don't pay for development and might want to submit a patch > >> upstream. > >> > >> As long as all committers are equal and earn their merit in the > >> traditional way I don't see a problem from the projects side. IN this > >> instance the ASF is just another contributor to the project. > >> > >> This means "the foundation never pays for development" to something like > >> "the foundation never pays for development except where the > >>modification is > >> made as part of our normal infrastructure operations. On these rare > >> occasions the foundation is just another employer and the contributor is > >> just another community member. Changes are contributed upstream through > >>the > >> normal contribution process. There is no special role for ASF infra > >> contractors." > >> > > > >The ASF pays for Infra contractors. Their job/role is to maintain our > >systems. Sometimes their duty *may* be to contribute software to $Project > >(wherever that may be). > > > >That is *very* distinct from paying a person to contribute directly to > >$ASFProject. > > > >Cheers, > >-g > >
