While I can appreciate that this project was created originally for the purposes of creating and implementing a JSR, the fact is that the Apache Kato project itself is a SOFTWARE project at the ASF.
The consequences of that fact are that the project is free from any shackles that JCP participation may have once misplaced on it- feel free to take the reference implementation and make use of the org.apache.kato namespace to create your own de-facto standard. Apache will help the project promote your work as far and as wide as you care to take it. OTOH if there are no current PPMC members who are willing to actively work on this project unless and until Oracle makes a business decision around the JSR, I suggest we start looking for people who will.
