From general-return-3611-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Fri Jun 11 21:51:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 14993 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2004 21:51:08 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 11 Jun 2004 21:51:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 17989 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jun 2004 21:51:24 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 17870 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jun 2004 21:51:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: no List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 17855 invoked by uid 99); 11 Jun 2004 21:51:23 -0000 Received: from [63.96.162.5] (HELO ussjmh01.bea.com) (63.96.162.5) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.27.1) with ESMTP; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:51:23 -0700 Received: from ussjfe02.amer.bea.com (ussjfe02b.bea.com [172.16.120.56]) by ussjmh01.bea.com (Switch-3.0.5/Switch-3.0.0) with ESMTP id i5BLox8F005731 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:50:59 -0700 Received: from USSEEX01.amer.bea.com ([172.17.64.15]) by ussjfe02.amer.bea.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:50:58 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: The 50% Rule (was RE: [Summary ]Re: [TEST+VOTE] Lenya 1.2 Release) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:50:58 -0700 Message-ID: <4C2F1577F2EF2840A9AE9EC61860C88196377A@usseex01.amer.bea.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [Summary ]Re: [TEST+VOTE] Lenya 1.2 Release Thread-Index: AcRP+kcKrGe+wcNMQcmZ/1e/34gxuQAAFBKQ From: "Cliff Schmidt" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jun 2004 21:50:58.0819 (UTC) FILETIME=[2E2CC530:01C44FFE] X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Roy T. Fielding wrote on Friday, June 11, 2004 2:24 PM: > On Friday, June 11, 2004, at 04:01 AM, Leo Simons wrote: >=20 >> [is the rule that a project just needs 3 independent committers, or >> is there an additional rule that no more than 50% of the committers >> must be part of a single company?]=20 >>=20 >> IIRC that 50% rule applies, but IANAL. Roy, Nicola? >=20 > I have no idea where that 50% stuff came from. The goal of having at > least three independent members of the project PMC (*committers* has > no decison-making role in the foundation, even when committers =3D=3D = PMC) > is to make sure someone is able to veto stuff that would get > us in trouble. 50% would be nice, but not necessary unless we are > talking about the ASF board. >=20 > I don't know if this should even apply to code that is being > inserted into an existing project. >=20 > ....Roy XMLBeans has been actively developing in the incubator for 9 months. The project started with three independent committers and has picked=20 up brought on two more from Apache contributors in the last couple months. However, 55% of the committers are BEA employees, and for=20 that reason alone, XMLBeans has yet to request graduation from the incubator. Just thought you'd be interested to know that the rule is currently affecting more than one project in incubation. Cliff --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org