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Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:14:23 -0500
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Subject: Re: [VOTE] Bloodhound to join the Incubator
From: Greg Stein <gstein@gmail.com>
To: "William A. Rowe Jr." <wrowe@rowe-clan.net>
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On Jan 3, 2012 11:48 AM, "William A. Rowe Jr." <wrowe@rowe-clan.net> wrote:
>...
> >> A PMC I am on had this exact conversation with board members several
> >> months ago regarding a code base the project is dependent on that is
housed
> >> outside the ASF which we were considering bringing in as a subproject.
We
> >> were told that under no circumstances could we fork the code without
the
> >> "owner's" blessing, regardless of what the license allowed us to do.
To me,
> >> this answer is black and white.
> >
> > Not to me. :-)
>
> Which is the problem, isn't it?  Note; hat switch, you are now speaking
> with the authority of a Director.

Euh, nope. Offering my personal opinions. A Director hat would (and does)
mean nothing since I could not speak for the Board.

-g

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