Mark, No we cannot fork back. It is too large of a body of code to absorb without a grant, AL or no AL.
I'm always happy to be proved stupid by consultation with legal. Until then, however, the policy seems perfectly clear to me. Only small amounts of code can be absorbed without a grant. --benson On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Mark Struberg <strub...@yahoo.de> wrote: > Humm, guess there are only 3 options left in this case > > > 1.) We wait 7 weeks or whatever time it takes (most probably it _will_ take > more) > > 2.) You ship an ALv2 licensed version of Aether and Sisu which we can > incorporate into an upcoming maven-3.0.4. > > 3.) We fork the last ALv2 licensed Aether version back to the Maven project > and fix the bugs ourself. > > LieGrue, > strub > > --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Jason van Zyl <ja...@sonatype.com> wrote: > >> From: Jason van Zyl <ja...@sonatype.com> >> Subject: Re: Apache Maven distribution with fixes >> To: "Maven Developers List" <dev@maven.apache.org> >> Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 12:32 PM >> On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:25 AM, Mark >> Struberg wrote: >> >> > mom jason. >> > >> > Before we ship 3.0.4 I'd like to fix the SCM URL >> postfix problem which exists in lots of DSCMs. Will do this >> in the next week. >> > >> >> You probably have 6-7 weeks before an official 3.0.4 >> release would be made so you have plenty of time. >> >> If you are going to wait for Aether and Sisu to be >> provisioned at Eclipse then the total time for both of those >> to pass into that state is about 7 weeks. The build I >> proposed could not be an official release until such a time >> because there are fixes which rely on Sisu and Aether which >> are important for users. >> >> > LieGrue, >> > strub >> > >> > >> > --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Jason van Zyl <ja...@sonatype.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> From: Jason van Zyl <ja...@sonatype.com> >> >> Subject: Re: Apache Maven distribution with fixes >> >> To: "Maven Developers List" <dev@maven.apache.org> >> >> Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 11:41 AM >> >> I'll assume that this is fine and no >> >> one objects. I'll announce this on the user list >> later >> >> today. >> >> >> >> On Jul 27, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Jason van Zyl >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Maven PMC, >> >>> >> >>> Benjamin and I would like to make a >> distribution >> >> available that addresses several issues with the >> Apache >> >> Maven 3.0.3 release. We have pushed back all >> bugfixes that >> >> do not involve Eclipse Aether[a] and Eclipse >> Sisu[b] as >> >> their incorporation into the mainline and an >> official >> >> release is your decision. >> >>> >> >>> We haven't pushed any individual artifacts to >> Maven >> >> Central as part of creating the distribution, we >> have only >> >> created the distribution itself. If there is >> anything you >> >> want changed let us know and we'll change it, but >> we wanted >> >> to make these fixes available in a build for users >> who are >> >> having problems. We're not trying to represent it >> as >> >> anything other then a distribution that >> incorporates fixes >> >> users need. >> >>> >> >>> The build is available here: >> >>> >> >>> http://people.apache.org/~jvanzyl >> >>> >> >>> ------------------------------------ >> >>> Summary of the issues >> >>> ------------------------------------ >> >>> >> >>> Fixes pushed back to the ASF: >> >>> >> >>> [MNG-5064][1] mvn -nsu (--no-snapshot-updates) >> should >> >> not download snapshots (and break local builds) >> >>> [MNG-5131][2] Wrong encoding for encrypted >> passwords >> >>> [MNG-5113][3] NullPointerException on javadoc >> site >> >> generation >> >>> [MNG-5137][4] Reactor resolution does not work >> for >> >> forked multi module builds >> >>> [MNG-5096][5] <exclusion> on >> <dependency> >> >> with <type>test-jar</type> doesn't >> work in maven >> >> 3 >> >>> [MNG-5135][6] Regression: in some cases >> aggregator >> >> mojo is unable to resolve dependencies with >> custom >> >> packaging >> >>> >> >>> Fixes not pushed back to the ASF as these are >> >> dependent on fixes in Eclipse Aether and Eclipse >> Sisu: >> >>> >> >>> [MNG-5042][7] Regression: CloningClassLoader >> causes >> >> StackOverflowError in groovy >> >>> [MNG-5056][8] Test dependencies get packaged >> into WAR >> >> file. >> >>> [MNG-5084][9] Resolver for plugins failing >> >>> [MNG-5087][10] Maven 3 dependency resolution >> fails >> >> until maven-metadata-local.xml files (created by >> >> maven-invoker-plugin) are deleted >> >>> [MNG-5125] [11]Regression: mvn 3.0.3 is >> extreemly slow >> >> with a large number of dependencies >> >>> [MNG-5138][12] Dependency conflicts are >> extremely >> >> opaque >> >>> >> >>> [1]: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5064 >> >>> [2]: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5131 >> >>> [3]: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5113 >> >>> [4]: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5137 >> >>> [5]: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5096 >> >>> [6]: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5135 >> >>> >> >>> [7]: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5042 >> >>> [8]: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5056 >> >>> [9]: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5084 >> >>> [10]: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5087 >> >>> [11]: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5125 >> >>> [12]: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5138 >> >>> >> >>> [a]: http://eclipse.org/proposals/technology.aether/ >> >>> [b]: http://eclipse.org/proposals/technology.sisu/ >> >>> >> >>> Thanks, >> >>> >> >>> Jason >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> Jason van Zyl >> >>> Eclipse Board Member >> >>> Founder, Apache Maven >> >>> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl >> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> >> >>> If I find ten thousand ways something won't >> work, I >> >> haven't failed. I am not discouraged, >> >>> because every wrong attempt discarded is just >> one more >> >> step forward. >> >>> >> >>> -- Thomas Edison >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Jason >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Jason van Zyl >> >> Founder, Apache Maven >> >> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> Our achievements speak for themselves. What we >> have to keep >> >> track >> >> of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. >> We tend to >> >> forget >> >> the past difficulties, the many false starts, and >> the >> >> painful >> >> groping. We see our past achievements as the end >> result of >> >> a >> >> clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties >> as >> >> signs of decline and decay. >> >> >> >> -- Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human >> Condition >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >> > >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jason >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> Jason van Zyl >> Founder, Apache Maven >> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> >> People develop abstractions by generalizing from concrete >> examples. >> Every attempt to determine the correct abstraction on paper >> without >> actually developing a running system is doomed to failure. >> No one >> is that smart. 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