+1 On Sep 19, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
> That is an interesting idea. I can see that it would make Wonder/WO seem much > more credible. > > > On 2011-09-19, at 6:24 AM, Andrus Adamchik wrote: > >> I was trying to find a statement on the association objectives. >> >> Here is a crazy idea - maybe instead of starting a new non-profit, the >> community should consider taking the open source parts of the WO code and >> join the Apache Software Foundation. The benefits are the following: >> >> * WOCommunity will become a top level project (TLP) under one of the most >> recognized open source brands, exposing it to many more eyes compared to now. >> * Apache has advanced and time-proven governing process that already works. >> No legal expense or effort is required. >> * Apache is the best place out there for community building, code legal >> clearance and preservation of software projects under the ASL 2.0. >> * Somebody will watch your infrastructure for you. >> * You can organize your own conference and unconference events together with >> the Apache Conference Committee, or present yourself during bigger Apache >> events like ApacheCon. >> * You'll have a chance to hang out with some pretty serious geeks (not sure >> if that's a benefit ;)). >> >> But of course if you go this way, you'll have to become Apache and work on >> achieving consensus with a much larger group of people on issues that go >> beyond the code. And of course you may have different objectives than the >> ones that I cited (community building, code legal clearance and >> preservation). >> >> But give it a thought. Considering that WO core is not open source, this >> will be creating an interesting precedent, so I called it crazy above, but I >> think it is certainly doable. >> >> Cheers, >> Andrus >> >> >> On Sep 19, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: >>> Good morning everyone, >>> >>> As you may know, we want to register the association as a non-profit >>> organization in Canada. Since this is the first time I'm doing this, I >>> would like input from you for the by-laws. You can find a draft in the wiki: >>> >>> http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WOCOM/Organization+Incorporation >>> >>> If you have comments to make about them, please add them in the wiki, or >>> post to the [email protected] mailing list (send an email to >>> [email protected] to subscribe). >>> >>> Thanks for your help! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/chill%40global-village.net >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > -- > Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development > > Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall > knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. > http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/kelleherk%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
