I'm in the same boat. I can't in good conscience vote -1 because I am in no position to take on the task of doing a rewrite. OTOH, given the things people have said they would really like to do I am pretty sure this issue is going to keep coming up. For the same reasons as yours I'm going to have to vote -0.
Ralph On Jul 29, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Brett Porter wrote: > -0 > > I don't like it, but I'm not the one doing the work. I'd accept it if there's > no better way to get the problems fixed for whoever is working to fix them. I > don't think it's good to get stuck on an old version no one is maintaining. > I'm happy to discuss ideas for alternatives. > > However, I would strongly prefer it to remain dual licensed: > - it gives us more options if we need to incorporate source code changes that > aren't accepted upstream, particularly if goals change over time > - consumers know what they are getting from Maven - it can all be used under > the terms of the AL 2.0. > - it had the terms of the AL 2.0 when we agreed to incorporate it > > I continue to hope that will be reconsidered. > > FWIW, I don't have any argument with regard to the EPL as a license, I just > believe AL 2.0 is appropriate here given its history, the early state of > community development, and with Maven as its primary consumer. > > - Brett > > On 28/07/2011, at 4:45 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: > >> As per the approved policy, this message opens a vote to allow Maven >> releases to depend on EPL (and thus Category B) versions of Aether. >> The vote will be open for 72 hours and the results determined >> according to the policy. Discussion on this question took place on a >> thread labelled '[DISCUSS] incorporate EPL Aether'. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >> > > -- > Brett Porter > br...@apache.org > http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ > http://au.linkedin.com/in/brettporter > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
