Posted by
davidnwelton on
Nov 30, 2005; 8:15am
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Users-Apache-Software-Foundation-tp136603p136605.html
On 11/30/05, Al Byers <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> David Welton wrote:
> >Caveat: I am a member of the ASF, but can't make any promises on its
> >behalf. This would have to be something primarily driven by you guys,
> >if it looks like something you'd like to do.
> What does it mean to be an ASF member?
This has a paragraph explaining it:
http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#roles"ASF member is a person that was nominated by current members and
elected due to merit for the evolution and progress of the foundation.
Members care for the ASF itself. This is usually demonstrated through
the roots of project-related and cross-project activities. Legally, a
member is a "shareholder" of the foundation, one of the owners. They
have the right to elect the board, to stand as a candidate for the
board election and to propose a committer for membership. They also
have the right to propose a new project for incubation (we'll see
later what this means). The members coordinate their activities
through their mailing list and through their annual meeting."
> Do you have any clout in getting OFBiz considered as an Apache project?
Yes - see above. ofbiz is pretty distant from what I've been involved
in with the ASF so far (Tcl/httpd integration), so I'd want to get a
few more people involved.
> Aren't there a bunch of requirements that OFBiz may not presently meet?
There might be - what were you thinking of? ofbiz seems to have an
active, diverse community, which is one of the most important things
as far as Apache is concerned. A potential stumbling block is that
ofbiz has a lot of .jars in SVN that I'm not sure are under as liberal
a license as ofbiz itself... that would have to be investigated in
more detail. Other concerns?
> How would it change how the project goes forward?
Not too much, hopefully - I mean, ofbiz seems to be working pretty
well right now, no? The goal would be to give ofbiz more visibility
(good visibility at that... it's my impression that ASF projects are
generally well regarded, because not just anyone can post one, ala
sourceforge), along with some of the other benefits of being involved.
Honestly, there would be a bit more beaurocracy, I think, but we're
all programmers, and no one likes red tape - so we try and keep it to
a minimum, and in aid of practical goals. Some of it is just
formalization of good practices, like handing out commit priviledges.
Does that clear things up? I'm not much of a salesman, nor do I
intend to "sell" something people don't want, but maybe there are
doubts that people have that I don't think about because of my
closeness to the ASF. I'm more than willing to answer questions.
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David N. Welton
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