Re: [modest proposal] Krysalis Community Project - Phase 2

Not so sure that we can immediately remove the users mailing list but
otherwise, I agree with and like your proposal: +1 from me.

In my case (barcode4j) it's easy to take the copyright back. What about
the other projects?

On 11.03.2004 09:56:13 Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:
> 
> Krysalis has changed a lot in this last year. I have been thinking quite 
> a lot these days 'bout it, and therefore I come up with this modest 
> proposal about it's future.
> 
> Analysis
> --------
> 
> - Many projects have moved to Apache.
> - Developers have changed.
> - A single place where to develop confuses users.
> - I cannot continue being the sole copyright holder but we don't have 
> enough motivation or energy to make a legal association.
> 
> Proposal
> --------
> 
> I propose that Krysalis changes fully into what it already basically is: 
> a place for Apache-like developed projects that share community 
> practices and communities themselves.
> 
> Therefore:
> 
> 1 - all projects move to their own SF home, with their dev, user and cvs 
> lists; the package names may be org.krysalis.* while the project remians 
> part of krysalis; the project must keep some sort of visual affiliation 
> with krysalis (group logo)
> 
> 2 - each project has it's own copyright holder(s) (usually the original 
> authors), but any way not necessarily a single entity for all
> 
> 3 - every project shares the same community rules and license, and 
> agrees that such rules and license are to be decided by the Krysalis 
> PMC. If the original author(s) do not follow such decisions, they cannot 
> remain part of the Krysalis Community Project (we cannot really force 
> them to abide to it necessarily, as they are the copyright holders)
> 
> 4 - the Krysalis community project itself is a project run like the 
> others, but it's decisions have to be implemented and recieved by all others
> 
> 5 - PMC members of the Krysalis community project must be made admins of 
> each project that takes part in the community effort
> 
> 6 - change this dev list to general@
> 
> 7 - remove the krysalis user list
> 
> 
>                              - 0 -
> 
> I think that this will help krysalis become more in line with what it's 
> doing and will do in the future, and help it become the path to 
> "Apacheness" that it is starting to prove to be.


Jeremias Maerki


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