Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Individual Membership

2008-09-12 Thread Jim Gettys
Fedora is still a Red Hat trademark. That leaves Red Hat at least somewhat legally responsible. The CLA has caused serious heartburn for some (e.g. Bert Freudenburg) and I've been on his side in that (because the issues he sees could have applied to me in previous years). RH/Fedora is revising

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Individual Membership

2008-09-12 Thread Greg Dekoenigsberg
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008, Jim Gettys wrote: Fedora is still a Red Hat trademark. That leaves Red Hat at least somewhat legally responsible. The CLA has caused serious heartburn for some (e.g. Bert Freudenburg) and I've been on his side in that (because the issues he sees could have applied to

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Individual Membership

2008-09-11 Thread Sameer Verma
Although it is difficult to specify a precise definition [snipped] This creates ambiguity. If it doesn't add to the process, I suggest we remove it altogether. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Individual Membership

2008-09-11 Thread Chris Ball
Hi, On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 03:38:45PM -0500, David Farning wrote: An Individual member is someone who has made a significant and sustained contribution to the Sugar Labs ecosystem -- of any type -- and who has explicitly agreed to the Individual Contributor Agreement. What's the Individual

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Individual Membership

2008-09-11 Thread Chris Ball
Hi, On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 07:06:12PM -0500, David Farning wrote: What's the Individual Contributor Agreement, and why would we want one of those? Communities should wait until they get large before they start instituting bureaucracy that turns their potential new members away..