[Zope3-dev] Re: Can we provide a Zope3 Collective?

[Paul Everitt]

Jim Fulton wrote:
> Martijn Faassen wrote:
> 
>> Jim Fulton wrote:
>>
> ...
> 
>> I agree with what Philipp said. That is not so much a reflection on 
>> behavior, but a reflection on perspective and image. This also counts 
>> in the open source world.
>>
>> For instance, if I check something into cvs.infrae.com or 
>> codespeak.net SVN has a vast difference in image, even though both 
>> packages may be licensed the same way.
> 
> 
> We are talking about zope.org, *not* zope.com.

One way to really make this point clear is to do like Mozilla and make a 
Zope.org foundation.  The companies and people that depend on Zope are 
members.  I've been researching this lately, and it seems the be the 
pattern for big open source projects (Apache, Mozilla, GNOME, Python, 
Jabber, etc.)  I think Zope should aspire to be in that group. :^)

Zope.org would then become commonly owned by a group that included 
competitors who bid against each other on contracts (ZC with their 
commercial CMS, Infrae with Silva, Plone Foundation with Plone, Nuxeo 
with CPS, etc.).  Zope.org would then be more equal, would possibly have 
more involvement, and would possibly be less of an expense for ZC.

There are likely some practical obstacles.  But in the abstract, such a 
step would appear to be a normal part of Zope's growth.  Not sure, 
though, if the level of interest would match the level of work.

--Paul