On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Randal L. Schwartz
<merlyn at stonehenge.com>wrote:

> >>>>> "Bernhard" == Bernhard Pieber <bernhard at pieber.com> writes:
>
> >> =========== The Short Version ===========
> >> We are currently awaiting legal advice from the Software Freedom
> >> Law Center [3]. It is recommended that you avoid contributing to the
> >> relicensing effort pending further notice
>
> Bernhard> Has that changed? Probably I did miss the announcement?
>
> Not exactly.  Are you familiar with the phrase "Adding people to a late
> project generally makes it more late?".


The Mythical Man-Month what an excellent book. It is 30 years old and things
are the same!!!


>
>
> The problem is that there are only a small number of people who know what
> the
> problems are, and they're currently sorting out what those are, and then
> more
> resources can be brought on if needed.  Adding *more* resources at the
> moment
> who are not already familiar with the task will most likely just slow it
> down,
> not speed it up.
>
> I want this to happen as soon as possible, but it's a process that requires
> precision because of the legal implications.
>
> If and when more people are needed, you can be assured that a call for
> helpers
> will be very loud and repeated. :) But at the moment, we're just getting
> all
> of the key players talking with SFC to see how this final integration needs
> to
> go from here.
>
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