On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 2:00 PM Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Justin, > > As a board member, I'm not comfortable with granting a blanket exception to > policy that might put us at legal risk. > > As an IPMC member, I think that we do not want to allow podlings to release > material that might put us at legal risk. I do think that the IPMC under > today's policy has the ability to decide whether a podling release puts us at > risk and therefore should be blocked. So I am not convinced that the IPMC > needs to ask for this waiver from the board. > > My understanding as an IPMC member is that there are some items in a release > that can be allowed where they would not be in a TLP release. These things > have historically drawn -1 votes from IPMC members. > > I think there is consensus that a podling release does not have to conform in > every respect to what we expect from a TLP release. > > I think that the incubator IPMC should first flesh out (on the general@ list) > which materials in a podling release are > a) fine; > b) minor issue (file a JIRA and fix before graduation); or > c) blocker (puts the foundation at risk). > > The detail of what is minor versus what it a blocker is the most important > thing that needs clarity. As of now, I don't see consensus although I see > movement.
Drilling down by taking the contents of the draft incubator report: "Serious problems, such as; including GPL licensed software, including compiled code, or copyright violations, in a release is currently seen as a reason to vote -1 on a release." Picking them off one by one: 1) Is it legal to include GPL licensed software in releases? The answer is yes... as long as we comply with the terms of that license. In the case of strong copyleft licenses, that could mean that the podling release itself may need also be GPL licensed. 2) Is it legal to include compiled code in releases? Yes. 3) Is it legal to include copyright violations in releases? No. > Craig - Sam Ruby > > On Jun 6, 2019, at 11:45 PM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > As suggested I’ve collated information from several threads and turned it > > into a proposal for the board. Any edits, feedback, agreement, disagreement > > etc etc is welcome. In particular it would be nice to hear some feedback > > from people who are in favour of this. > > > > Note that this is important as it probably changes the advice mentors will > > give their podlings on releases and change in a positive way how we vote on > > releases with serious issues in them. If you are a mentor or vote on > > releases please read it. Again feedback welcome. > > > > If the board agrees with the proposal I think we'll need to update the > > incubator DISCLAIMER. I’ve suggested what we might add in the proposal but > > the exact changes can to be discussed here. If the board disagrees with the > > proposal I suggest we discuss and come up with a list of serious issues > > that the IPMC recommends voting -1 vote on a release. This is just > > guidance, not rules, and there may of course be exceptions. (For instance > > you could ask VP legal for an exception as has been done in the past.) > > That way mentors and podlings have clear expectations on releases must > > contain. > > > > The proposal can be found in the draft board report. [1] > > > > Thanks, > > Justin > > > > 1. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/June2019 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > Craig L Russell > c...@apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
