A "History" page seems like the perfect solution... > On Jun 2, 2016, at 8:21 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> wrote: > > Changing private -> dev. > > Correct. But credit needs to be given where credit is due. I'm actually > in the middle of a very similar discussion here at AMPlab with Spark > folks. Now that they acknowledged that all ongoing contributions should > be credited according to the Apache Way, they are asking a fair question: > how can they cite work that happened in Spark prior to entering ASF. > > It is easier for projects like Gemfire, where all prior history remained with > the old name. It is more difficult for MADlib and Spark and a host of others. > > In short, I agree with Jim observations that the page needs to be clarified, > but it needs to be clarified in a much more thoughtful way so that we > acknowledge past history of the project. > > Thanks, > Roman. > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >> Part of the incubation process is to fully embrace the tenets of the >> Apache Way; considering that MADlib started in Sept 2015 and it is >> now June 2016, I would have expected that the page would have been >> changed awhile ago. It does beg the question on whether or not >> MADlib itself fully groks how important this issue is, allowing the >> page to continue as-is for so long... >> >> >>> On Jun 2, 2016, at 3:52 PM, Gregory Chase <gch...@pivotal.io> wrote: >>> >>> In MADlib's history, contribution was enabled by institutions prior to >>> coming to Apache. However, I agree that this needs to be "historical" not >>> "current. >>> >>> -Greg >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Looking at: >>>> >>>> http://madlib.incubator.apache.org/community.html >>>> >>>> I am not sure I like the statement that: >>>> >>>> "including both individuals and institutions. Amongst our current >>>> contributors:" >>>> >>>> and then a list of entities. >>>> >>>> There are only individuals who contribute. Not institutions. In other >>>> words, Pivotal is not a "contributor"... nor is ANY institution. >>>> >>>> Please fix this. Thx! >>>> >>>> PS: I am not on the private@madlib list >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Greg Chase >>> >>> Global Head, Big Data Communities >>> http://www.pivotal.io/big-data >>> >>> Pivotal Software >>> http://www.pivotal.io/ >>> >>> 650-215-0477 >>> @GregChase >>> Blog: http://geekmarketing.biz/ >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >
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