[License-review] exploring tracking tool for license-review

[Allison Randal]

On 05/11/2016 02:14 PM, Josh berkus wrote:
> I'm concerned that "DRAFTING" doesn't make it clear that we're waiting
> on the submitter.  "WAITING ON SUBMITTER" seems wordy, but it is the
> actual state.  I'm worried that if we just call it "DRAFTING", the
> submitter won't realize we're waiting for them.

Good point. I don't think we can rely on the kanban status as the only
communication with the submitter, the legal team lead will still have to
tell the submitter when we're waiting on them for something. But, we can
certainly pick a clearer label too. Some other possibilities instead of
DRAFTING:

REVISING
NEW VERSION
EDITING
APPLYING CHANGES
NEEDS WORK
NEEDS EDITS
NEEDS CHANGES

> Also, who decides when these statuses change?  In the past, we've had
> some pretty strong disagreements about whether or not a license needed
> to be revised.  We'll need some kind of ad-hoc procedure or it'll be
> very confusing for sumbitters.

Ultimately it comes down to the legal team lead to decide, the same way
s/he currently decides when to bring the license to the board to vote.
But, the decision is largely an attempt to gauge rough consensus, so
participants on license-review should feel free to openly chat about
whether the status marked on a particular license in the review process
is appropriate.

Allison