[members] update on Parrot Foundation status

Will Coleda will at coleda.com
Wed Apr 17 01:35:08 UTC 2013


Just a +1 from me. I don't think the other two options are so much better
that it's worth waiting for.

On Tuesday, April 16, 2013, Allison Randal wrote:

> Hi all, I've got another update...
>
> On 01/11/2013 04:33 PM, Allison Randal wrote:
> >
> > Any general preferences on
> > Apache versus the Conservancy, or details you'd like to see or discuss?
>
> A third option: I've been chatting with the Perl Foundation board, and
> they're open to hosting Parrot again. In many ways this would be simpler
> than the other two options:
>
> - The transfer could be completed in a few weeks instead of 9 months
> (for Software Freedom Conservancy) or several years (for Apache).
>
> - After the transfer, there would be no additional work required from
> Parrot project members to maintain the legal infrastructure. (For SFC or
> Apache we'd still need people with time to handle administrative trivia.)
>
> - Code movement between Parrot and Rakudo would be easier if they were
> both managed by the same entity.
>
>
> Moving to TPF now doesn't have to be the final stop, we could always
> move to SFC or Apache later if it looks better. But, it would allow us
> to quickly tidy up the current mess, so it's not lingering over the
> Parrot project like a dark cloud.
>
>
> Does anyone have any questions for the TPF board, or discussion points
> on how this might work?
>
> Allison
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Will "Coke" Coleda
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