On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote:
> [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 (incubating)
> [ ] 0 Don't care
> [ ] -1 Do not release this package because...
-1
I object to the claim that the AOO binaries are officially part of this
release:
http://s.apache.org/ha
We are officially voting on binaries as well and these are being inspected
and these will be part of the official release.
The policy I am basing my vote on is section 6.3 of the the ASF bylaws as
interpreted by Roy Fielding:
http://apache.org/foundation/bylaws.html#6.3
Each Project Management Committee shall be responsible for the active
management of one or more projects identified by resolution of the Board
of Directors which may include, without limitation, the creation or
maintenance of "open-source" software for distribution to the public at no
charge.
http://s.apache.org/rk5
This issue is not open for discussion. It is is a mandate from the
certificate of this foundation -- our agreement with the State of Delaware
that I signed as incorporator. It is fundamental to our status as an IRS
501(c)3 charity. It is the key charter delegated by the board as part of
every TLP resolution: "charged with the creation and maintenance of
open-source software ... for distribution at no charge to the public."
Class files are not open source. Jar files filled with class files are not
open source. The fact that they are derived from open source is applicable
only to what we allow projects to be dependent upon, not what we vote on
as a release package. Release votes are on verified open source artifacts.
Binary packages are separate from source packages. One cannot vote to
approve a release containing a mix of source and binary code because the
binary is not open source and cannot be verified to be safe for release
(even if it was derived from open source).
I thought that was frigging obvious. Why do I need to write documentation
to explain something that is fundamental to the open source definition?
I intend to withdraw my -1 on clarification from those IPMC members
casting +1 binding votes that this release VOTE is limited to the source
release.
Marvin Humphrey
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