On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > all PMCs whose committers 'commit' to the repository should maintain > > some oversight. > > Infrastructure hasn't considered that a good model for the Wiki, and I don't > know that it would work any better for the repository. Someone needs to > take responsibility for the oversight.
Ok. I think jakarta PMC should have the oversight over all directories starting with "jakarta". Same for the other PMCs. Directories that don't start with a PMC name should be under the oversight of infrastructure or board or any other entitiy that understands the licensing policy of apache. Is this acceptable ? > Yes, that does. But I am expecting that people will want common things like > JUnit, which I understand to be acceptable so long as the IBM license is > there. Once the binary distinction of ASF v non-ASF is dropped, then the > simplicity of it being OK because it is all ASF-licensed code turns into the > policing scenario that Maven is currently practicing, through Dion Gillard. I think all non-apache jars should have the oversight of board or some other entity that can make an authoritative decision on accepting/rejecting packages ( or at least licenses ). > But using the repository to hold third party jars for which the ASF has > specifically ascertained appropriate license rights exist seems to be what > gives us the most bang, because it is the third party libraries that are the > most potentially time consuming and "risky". Rather than each project have > to deal with each third party jar, using the repository for that purpose > would both share the burden of acquiring suitable license rights, and > ensuring that they were acquired. +1 > So, yes, the ASF-only distinction simplifies repository policing, but using > it as the central location for authorized third party jars simplifies > overall policing of third party license issues for the ASF as a whole. As long as the policing is done by the right people. Costin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
