Hi *, On May 10, 2012, at 12:18 AM, Raymond Feng wrote:
> Hi, Pid. > > Thank you for resuming the checkpoints. Please see my comments inline. > > Raymond > > On May 9, 2012, at 1:05 PM, Pid wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> There's been a bit of a gap since Antonio's last thread/summary. >> >> Can we have a checkpoint now & see what's changed, if anything? >> >> I know there's been some discussion with legal@ and I'd happily >> volunteer to discuss the copyright issue with Newcastle Uni, if the >> project felt that this would help move things forwards. >> >> > > If you can help resolve the issue with Newcastle Univ. and have them sign off > the copyright (they can just agree to either remove it or move them into the > NOTICE file from the headers). This is the only concern left. +1 > >> >> >> If not, then it seems like the following are our options - unless I've >> missed a thread & am out of date*: >> >> 1. We proceed with a release (Incubator permits releases even if all >> exit criteria are not met) > > Based on the comments on https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-134, I > think we are good to move forward. +1 . So how about a first release? See also [0]? Regards Antonio [0] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBER/Amber+next+release+plan > >> >> 2. We tag the existing trunk & mark it DORMANT; starting a fresh API >> (ie abstract/interface only) for discussion - attempting a cleaner >> implementation thereafter > > I prefer option 1. > >> >> 3. We send Amber to the Attic >> > > -1 :-). > >> >> Question: Are there any other options? >> >> >> p >> >> >> * Happy to be corrected, of course! >> >> Note: IANAL but I think that #2 might be tricky legally, without finding >> new committers who are not tainted by having read our code; copyright in >> software is reasonably well established in this regard AFAIK. >> >> #2 effectively implies that our tenure of the project is a transitional >> one, as we'd effectively be handing it over to people who can write code >> for the project. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> [key:62590808] >> >
