Re: [CONF] Apache Cayenne: Board Report February 2007 (comment added)

From: Jim Jagielski (ji..aguNET.com)
Date: Mon Feb 19 2007 - 11:09:27 EST

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    On Feb 19, 2007, at 9:23 AM, Andrus Adamchik wrote:

    >
    >> "The costs of the new web site design were sponsored by a company
    >> (http://www.ish.com.au) which uses Cayenne in its product."
    >
    > -1
    >
    > The new site is *very* nice and we should (and we do) acknowledge
    > ish contribution, still the emphasis is wrong IMO. Consider this -
    > all Cayenne committers and other ASF participants work somewhere. I
    > can say that ObjectStyle LLC. contributes money to Cayenne every
    > month (by me paying salary to myself), but this is sort of implied
    > and is not relevant for the board report purpose. People
    > contributing to Apache are assumed to be acting as individuals and
    > if a company covers the costs of development, it is specifically
    > asked to submit a release form (corporate CLA).
    >
    > The fact that you actually lead the redesign project (as opposed to
    > just covering the costs), is what's worth mentioning.
    >

    +1 on your -1.

    >> "The lack of a clear style guide for Apache project site design
    >> was noted, even as it comes to use of the feather logo. ASF might
    >> consider whether the goal is to have lots of individual looking
    >> projects or impose greater consistency."
    >
    > -1
    >
    > I don't think site design should be a matter of ASF policy. Maybe
    > only in part where it is related to the use of Apache logo, but
    > certainly nothing beyond that.
    >

    Again, +1 on your -1



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