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Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Project by-laws
From: Noah Slater <nslater@apache.org>
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Okay folks. I've prepared a first draft of our bylaws. Concrit very
much appreciated.

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=3D40511017

On 28 April 2014 23:48, Joan Touzet <joant@atypical.net> wrote:
> My line of thinking was along the lines of what Ellis and Stroustrup did =
in The Annotated C++ Language Reference Manual[1]. It often helps to have a=
 human being explain what some things mean through the use of examples or e=
xtra text. A crisp legal-ish statement of the rule followed by some explana=
tory text would be most helpful, and friendlier for new people to get their=
 heads around.
>
> -Joan
>
> [1] http://www.stroustrup.com/arm.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Samuel Newson" <rnewson@apache.org>
> To: dev@couchdb.apache.org
> Cc: andy@nms.de
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 5:13:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Project by-laws
>
>
> It does seem justified though, it=E2=80=99s obviously to make it easy to =
refer unambiguously to a particular item, that doesn=E2=80=99t mean to say =
we can=E2=80=99t render it better than this. I would rather not have a docu=
ment that states everything twice if we can avoid it.
>
> B.
>
> On 28 Apr 2014, at 22:09, Joan Touzet <joant@atypical.net> wrote:
>
>> I have form issues with these bylaws, primarily that they are intimidati=
ng
>> in their layout and structure. Legal-style #.#.#.# can be especially har=
d
>> to read and encodes a viewpoint that is grounded in the American legal
>> system. The HTML formatting in this specific example is also difficult
>> to read
>>
>> That said, perhaps it is appropriate that our bylaws be this way at leas=
t
>> in part. Would anyone object to a plain-language summary up top in addit=
ion
>> to the legal #.#.#.# commentary?
>>
>> -Joan
>


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Noah Slater
https://twitter.com/nslater