Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C5D3C9C8F for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:55:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 34971 invoked by uid 500); 18 Nov 2011 15:55:30 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 34837 invoked by uid 500); 18 Nov 2011 15:55:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 34827 invoked by uid 99); 18 Nov 2011 15:55:29 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:55:29 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of dwhytock@gmail.com designates 209.85.160.175 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.160.175] (HELO mail-gy0-f175.google.com) (209.85.160.175) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:55:22 +0000 Received: by ghy10 with SMTP id 10so698666ghy.6 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:55:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=8Jme7gqbUmb8asWQvRcwtCZMCgLBL0MxsL93wXJV0aI=; b=I2hNQwko4Dikghx20DfLWJtmLTVQ7mKQBVfHDXzTvbOSWfGh1q6Ao9Qj3w3c1Bfrlo LNskM6c1pPaQV2adXQfCDX3CNdbGn69a2xJFgiBIva2aybamJyLqYGaZZip0hVH7q4gi m/1jpVC2ws3ThgJyw1SJsZIsha9QMr8HnPDwc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.74.40 with SMTP id q8mr10336019pbv.36.1321631701308; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:55:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.191.40 with HTTP; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:55:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:55:01 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Actively retiring projects (was: Incubator Board Report November 2011) From: Donald Whytock To: general@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > I can see two problems with this view to begin with. One is IP > management. The more people participate in a project and the longer > they do so, the messier it becomes to track provenance and get ICLAs > from all of the contributors. One almost wishes that the ASF could > accept ICLAs and code grants for code that is in fact living somewhere > else. I'm sure someone will tell me why that idea is nuts. Well, if the code is living somewhere else, that means the code in ASF would be taking up space for possibly no good reason, as people might more habitually go to where the code is living. On the other hand, the ASF could theoretically act as a last line of defense against system failure, community dissolution, sociopolitically-motivated bogus forking, etc., in that if all else fails people can go to Apache to get a stable release of something. I'm sorry...was that a rhetorical question? Don --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org