[ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

[Alan Burlison]

Casper.Dik at sun.com wrote:

>>> Yes, that seems to be to cumbersome; I would prefer OGB not to be
>>> involved in project creations as long as projects are started under
>>> the wings of a community and the community is not disfunctional
>> In that case (if my reading of the OGB minutes is correct) Roland's ksh 
>> project would never have got off the ground.
>>
>> I don't understand why a community is necessary for a project to exist, 
>> sorry.
> 
> You're interpreting my words incorrectly.

Apologies :-)

> For those communities which are functioning, it seems strange to require
> their projects to be approved somehow.

Agreed, but OGB/2007/001 quite clearly states that a project can only 
exist if it is sponsored by a Community, and that any projects which 
lose the sponsorship of a Community must cease to exist.

> But something will have to create "non-community-endorsed" projects;
> are we just talking about those?

Yes.

-- 
Alan Burlison
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