>> In tradition, all ASF related matters - code, users etc - are >> discussed in public on the dev list. The user lists has been utilized >> to do support to users. Now there is an forum in addtiion to a list. >> The credo is:"if it happened on list, it didn't happen". Ok, the board >> is not on list - so it didn't happen. I think management of the board >> can also happen on the board as Terry suggested (i think he did). >> > > That logic doesn't really work. The fact that it is not a mailing > list (and therefore "it didn't happen") is not magical permission to > do things in a project that would otherwise not be allowed. For > example, could we create a forum for project-level fundraising, for > paying developers, for developing code not under ALv2 and for selling > CD's of AOOo, and argue that this is OK, because, "the board is not on > list - so it didn't happen"?
i just wanted to outline that a forum is already extraordinary for support questions. Using message boards for support questions but not using it to ban users from the same board sounds strange. For the quote I used I would like to refer you to this excellent slides: http://bit.ly/rkUbSM Anyway: all projects decisions should happen on list and not on Jabber or on a message board. I am doubting the banning of a user is a "real" project decision. On your example, if you are paying developers for proprietary code or sell CDs outside the ASF and donate the money - why not? You should just respect the branding requirements and do it on your own.
