On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 12:51:41PM -0500, Karl Fogel wrote: > Due to some recent press releases and blog posts by WANdisco, Inc, the > Apache Software Foundation has felt it necessary to post a response: > > https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache_subversion_to_wandisco_1 > > It basically clarifies that WANdisco participates in Subversion > development the same way any other company does (by funding developers), > and that WANdisco is *not* in some kind of official steering position in > the Subversion project, whatever their statements might seem to imply. > > Needless to say, none of this affects the participation of WANdisco > developers in the Subversion project in any way: they remain valued > contributors, and their technical work will be treated with the same > respect it always has been, regardless of what the marketing side of the > company may slip into! > > Best, > -Karl Fogel > ASF Member (Subversion PMC)
There have also been reactions by individuals in the community, for instance by Ben-Collins Sussman http://blog.red-bean.com/sussman/?p=475 and Mark Phippard http://markphip.blogspot.com/2011/01/open-letter-to-wandisco.html Many thanks to all involved in drafting the offical response for the ASF blog and keeping a cool head about this. Stefan