DRAFT Community Awards Rules

[Andy Tripp]

Dalibor Topic wrote:
> Andy Tripp wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>    of up to10 individuals. An individual may enter the contest no more
>>>    than one time, whether as a single individual or as a member of a
>>>    team. 
>> Why limit people/groups to just one proposal?
>
> Presumably to have fewer, but more seriously thought out proposals, 
> than a 'lottery' type of situation where submitting more proposals is 
> better.
I'm worried that, say, IBM could only submit one proposal, when they 
have two distinct groups ready to work two distinct projects.
>
>>>         e. All work on Proposals, including without limitation
>>>            communications among team members, and any source code or
>>>            information repositories associated with the Proposal must
>>>            be accessible to all developers visiting the OpenJDK
>>>            Project website, and must be done in the open.
>> I think it's a bit harsh to require all communication among team 
>> members to
>> be in the open. It's fine to require all code and email, but it's not 
>> reasonable
>> to require verbal communication be documented.
>
> blogs, meeting minutes & IRC logs could work for that, I guess.
I'm picturing whiteboard discussions, phone calls, pair programing, etc.

Also, I now notice that it doesn't say communication "relating to the 
proposal".
So I'd reword "communications" to "written communications pertaining to the
Proposal"
>
>
> cheers,
> dalibor topic
>