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Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Review of OpenOffice.org Forums Agreement
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Op 11-10-2011 23:46, Dennis E. Hamilton schreef:
>> *H.* Should the ASF or the Apache OpenOffice.org project decide to
>> terminate its support of the forums, it will grant a period of at
>> least 90 days for the transfer of the contents and structure of the
>> forums to another host as decided by the Administrators, Moderators
>> and Volunteers.
> The PPMC is not empowered to agree to a clause that reads, "The ASF will
> grant 90 days to someone".  Only the board and officers can make
> commitments on behalf of the org.
>
> That's just the legal side of things and is not the same as the question
> of whether one should expect the ASF, should any of its entities decide
> to take the forums down, provide advance warning or migration codepath.
>
> The relevant entities in this case include IPMC, Infra, and Board.
How exactly should I understand this? Is this meant to be discouraging, 
like: forum people, you might as well leave right now?