On 7/14/05, Dave Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 13, 2005, at 11:10 PM, Henri Yandell wrote: > > On 7/13/05, Dave Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I don't think so. We can still make totally unofficial and non-Apache > >> releases on Java.Net, can't we? If can't do that, then perhaps we made > >> a mistake starting to move into the incubator before this issue was > >> resolved. In that case, and I hate to say this, we might have to > >> consider backing out. > > > > I can't see why you wouldn't be able to. I'm not sure if there would > > be any minor legal loops to jump through (change package name, remove > > Apache copyright etc). > > The Roller 1.2 release was made from the code base in the roller_1.2 > branch in Apache's Subversion. The code still has the org.roller > packaging and no Apache copyrights have been applied (but I did replace > the Roller Public License file with Apache Software License v2.0. The > release files were made available on java.net and announced on > rollerweblogger.org, like most of the previous Roller releases. There > was no indication that the release had anything to do with Apache > (except for the fact that the code came from the Apache repo). > > If we're still in the incubator, I'm planning on doing that again for > the Roller 1.3 and Roller 2.0 releases which are rapidly approaching. > Is that wrong?
I don't think it's bad. I imagine there's some nitpicking that could be done but that it mostly depends on how you look at it. Seems to me that this should be a common issue for projects in Incubation, a need to keep their users supported and not leave them hanging while they go through Incubation. I think the informal rule is not to have official Apache releases while in the Incubator, but apart from nitpicking over which licence files should appear in the release, it seems fine to continue releasing at java.net. Someone may contradict me, we should probably have it out on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list soon. Probably best to wait until after ApacheCon, things always slow down then for these kinds of question. Hen
