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Minor: Clarify what "independence" means in governance - #10285

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@alamb alamb commented Apr 29, 2024

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Which issue does this PR close?

Part of #9691

Rationale for this change

I struggled to explain what "independent governance" meant in #10238 but ran into a great explanation here https://medium.com/@shanecurcuru/how-apache-really-works-995a091a72d3

What changes are included in this PR?

Add an explanation of what indpendent governance means

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Are there any user-facing changes?

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@alamb alamb changed the title Minor: Clarify what "indepndence" means in governance Minor: Clarify what "independence" means in governance Apr 29, 2024
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@andygrove does this match your understanding of independence?

commercial interests]. That means that the DataFusion project manages code for
the benefit of all users, and not just for some company or vendor. In
particular, DataFusion only recognizes individuals as committers never
companies.[^1]

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A lot of contributors/committers are working with companies/vendors and this statement might be controversial?

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Maybe this would be better phrased as "not just for a single company or vendor" 🤔

I think it would also be ok to close this PR and simple leave the link to https://community.apache.org/projectIndependence.html#apache-projects-are-managed-independently rather than trying to summarize the nuance here

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We can revisit this wording if anyone is confused

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