Dear Issac Roth,
I am writing, as per you request (https://twitter.com/ijroth/status/495402251490316288) to raise my concerns about the recent handling of express.js by Strong Loop. I understand from reading everything I can find online that TJ Holowaychuk was consulted before the move and that the idea of sponsoring was raised with the maintainer (although the full extent of this move was perhaps not fully understood by everyone). However, there are a few things that still concern me:
- No consultation seems to have occurred with the wider community.
- In your post announcing the change http://strongloop.com/strongblog/tj-holowaychuk-sponsorship-of-express/ you describe your first order of business as "is to get familiarized with the project’s practices, release processes and get started on more visible community contributions”. This does not appear to correlate well with your actions of immediately transferring ownership of the repo to a strongloop location.
- Pull requests are not being handled in a