<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Randal L. Schwartz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:merlyn@stonehenge.com">merlyn@stonehenge.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">>>>>> "Bernhard" == Bernhard Pieber <<a href="mailto:bernhard@pieber.com">bernhard@pieber.com</a>> writes:<br>
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>> =========== The Short Version ===========<br>
>> We are currently awaiting legal advice from the Software Freedom<br>
>> Law Center [3]. It is recommended that you avoid contributing to the<br>
>> relicensing effort pending further notice<br>
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</div>Bernhard> Has that changed? Probably I did miss the announcement?<br>
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Not exactly. Are you familiar with the phrase "Adding people to a late<br>
project generally makes it more late?".</blockquote><div><br>The Mythical Man-Month what an excellent book. It is 30 years old and things are the same!!!<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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The problem is that there are only a small number of people who know what the<br>
problems are, and they're currently sorting out what those are, and then more<br>
resources can be brought on if needed. Adding *more* resources at the moment<br>
who are not already familiar with the task will most likely just slow it down,<br>
not speed it up.<br>
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I want this to happen as soon as possible, but it's a process that requires<br>
precision because of the legal implications.<br>
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If and when more people are needed, you can be assured that a call for helpers<br>
will be very loud and repeated. :) But at the moment, we're just getting all<br>
of the key players talking with SFC to see how this final integration needs to<br>
go from here.<br>
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