RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-03-03 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
> How much should be encoded in a URI, and how much in data associated with > the URI? You seem to be trying to encode all of the data into the URI > naming space. Why not have a single URI for the target, and then trigger > behavior based upon the content? That would seem more extensible and l

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-03-02 Thread dion
"Noel J. Bergman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/03/2003 06:45:42 AM: [snip] > How much should be encoded in a URI, and how much in data associated with > the URI? You seem to be trying to encode all of the data into the URI > naming space. Why not have a single URI for the target, and then t

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-03-02 Thread dion
Nick Chalko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/03/2003 05:09:50 AM: > A somewhat standard layout is the important part. > > If we are changing current practice I think > > project/[subproject]/version/(jar|zip|gz|docs|liscenses) > is very good. Sub project is, IMHO, way too fragile to be part of

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-28 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Nick, As long as you want to start with first principles ... > >If we have a layout and metadata we agree on - any tool could work. > >If it is an ant task or a perl program or we just rsync - it doesn't > >matter. > A somewhat standard layout is the important part. > project/[subproject]/versi

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-28 Thread Nick Chalko
Costin Manolache wrote: On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Seeing the interest it has raised, I tend to think think it's time to get the act together and start working on it. I'd like to propose this for incubation ASAP, so to not loose momentum. ... Codebases or part of codebases

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-28 Thread Costin Manolache
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > Seeing the interest it has raised, I tend to think think it's time to > get the act together and start working on it. I'd like to propose this > for incubation ASAP, so to not loose momentum. > ... > > Codebases or part of codebases that could co

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-28 Thread Ben Hyde
Are you arguing that the ASF should stop striving to keep licenses compatible? No. Where did you get that idea? Probably entirely from my own paranoia that people would rather write code than deliver easy to adopt software. My apologies. - ben ---

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-28 Thread Santiago Gala
Henri Gomez wrote: FYI, the JPackage project where I'm also involved, as set up a Java RPM centric distribution where you could find many (still not all) apache's java projects. http://.jpackage.org/ Hi, Henry. I'm using them and they are awful to simplify maintenance of linux rpm based machin

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-28 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Henri Gomez wrote, On 28/02/2003 15.08: Leo Simons wrote: Hi all, (sorry for the massive crosspost up front, as this is a proposal that should in the end come from the various PMCs towards the infrastructure team I'm doing lots of CCing, just once) FYI, the JPackage project where I'm also involv

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-28 Thread Henri Gomez
Leo Simons wrote: Hi all, (sorry for the massive crosspost up front, as this is a proposal that should in the end come from the various PMCs towards the infrastructure team I'm doing lots of CCing, just once) FYI, the JPackage project where I'm also involved, as set up a Java RPM centric distribu

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-27 Thread Nick Chalko
Noel J. Bergman wrote: Not sure what you mean by "lead" ( do you propose a new PMC with Dion as chair ? ). I'm +1 on Dion - however the layout and recommendations must be decided by the normal apache community process I meant as in "chair", except that it wouldn't be a PMC, so I don't know if

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-27 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> Not sure what you mean by "lead" ( do you propose a new PMC with Dion as > chair ? ). I'm +1 on Dion - however the layout and recommendations must be > decided by the normal apache community process I meant as in "chair", except that it wouldn't be a PMC, so I don't know if the word "chair" woul

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-27 Thread Morgan Delagrange
--- Costin Manolache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > In other words - as long as maven decisions > affect only maven - I don't > > > care. But if it affects other projects, and the > repository certainly does > > > - then the PMCs of t

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-27 Thread Costin Manolache
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > - the ASF repository shall contain ASF jars, which don't >require oversight beyond the issuing PMC. > - the ASF repository should contain shared third party >jars for which the ASF has approved their use and >distribution. > - the ASF

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-27 Thread Costin Manolache
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Few simple questions: > > > > Should we use 2 different dirs for src and binary distribution ? Or > > maybe 3 dirs ( src, bin, doc ) ? > > Why duplicate the existing distributions? They're available, mirrored and > well understood. +1 I was j

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-27 Thread Costin Manolache
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In other words - as long as maven decisions affect only maven - I don't > > care. But if it affects other projects, and the repository certainly does > > - then the PMCs of those projects or the apache community are the ones > > that deci

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-27 Thread dion
Ben Hyde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 28/02/2003 01:46:43 AM: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > You know that ASF jars aren't 'freely' distributable, right? The > > license > > specifies some conditions on binary distribution. > [snip good stuff] > Are you arguing that the ASF should stop striving

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-27 Thread Ben Hyde
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know that ASF jars aren't 'freely' distributable, right? The license specifies some conditions on binary distribution. All the open source sub-communities have various conventions about how to manage the legal tangles around IPR. We, the foundation, currently have

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-27 Thread dion
Costin Manolache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 27/02/2003 08:28:05 AM: > On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > > differing views on how to make use of the repository. Costin and I seem to > > be of the option that a significant portion of the value of the repository > > comes from sha

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-27 Thread dion
Costin Manolache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Few simple questions: > > Should we use 2 different dirs for src and binary distribution ? Or > maybe 3 dirs ( src, bin, doc ) ? Why duplicate the existing distributions? They're available, mirrored and well understood. > Are "milestone" builds

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-27 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Wednesday, February 26, 2003 6:15 PM +0100 Leo Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: my take: keep everything. Again, policy should be the same as for the contents of /dist/. I dunno if there is an asf-wide policy for that...looking at http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/old/, those guys don't shar

[Fwd: RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)]

2003-02-26 Thread Sam Ruby
My opinion is that the board should take this suggestion very seriously. Original Message Subject: RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 14:54:20 -0500 From: "Noel J. Bergman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rep

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> you get an ok on [sharing and centralizing the managment > of ASF-acceptable third party jars] from the board and/or > the infrastructure team, and consensus across the community, > and I'll be absolutely 100% behind any such plan. I can't see how it would be acceptable to anyone without all of

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Leo Simons
Leo Simons wrote: you get an ok on that from the board and/or the infrastructure team, and consensus across the community, and I'll be absolutely 100% behind any such plan. scratch that, I'm in a "Just Do It" mood today. Just sent a message to the board (who are reading already anyway, but hey,

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Leo Simons
Noel J. Bergman wrote: As you have seen from some of our exchange and Costin's comments, there are differing views on how to make use of the repository. Costin and I seem to be of the option that a significant portion of the value of the repository comes from sharing and centralizing the managment

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Nick Chalko
+1 Noel J. Bergman wrote: Costin, I agree with pretty much all of your particulars. To summarize, if I might: - the ASF repository shall contain ASF jars, which don't require oversight beyond the issuing PMC. - the ASF repository should contain shared third party jars for which the ASF has app

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Costin, I agree with pretty much all of your particulars. To summarize, if I might: - the ASF repository shall contain ASF jars, which don't require oversight beyond the issuing PMC. - the ASF repository should contain shared third party jars for which the ASF has approved their use and

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 16:28, Costin Manolache wrote: > On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > Well, Maven doesn't seem to be that concerned with duplication, and values > the competition :-) To paraphrase Jason - what's wrong with multiple > competing repositories ? A smart tool should

Re: Ant PMC Issue (was: RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository(was: primary distribution location))

2003-02-26 Thread Steven Noels
Noel J. Bergman wrote: If the fundamental philosophy of the ASF is Community First, how do you feel that you contributed to that today? Quite simple: the ASF has the honour to host mr. Van Zyl's project on its servers. In return, they get flamed with FUD and ownership. Bah. -- Steven Noels

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Costin Manolache
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > differing views on how to make use of the repository. Costin and I seem to > be of the option that a significant portion of the value of the repository > comes from sharing and centralizing the managment of ASF-acceptable third > party jars. Not enti

Re: Ant PMC Issue (was: RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location))

2003-02-26 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Jason van Zyl wrote: What irks the hell out of me is people like Nicola constantly whining about being excluded. Excluded from what? I find this message quite interesting in this context: http://www.mail-archive.com/general@jakarta.apache.org/msg07046.html Expecially your signature. -- Stefano Mazz

RE: Ant PMC Issue (was: RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository(was: primary distribution location))

2003-02-26 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Jason, > > why aren't Ant and Maven two related projects under a single PMC? > Well, because when Ant formed they had no desire to be grouped with > Maven Based upon your attitude today towards Greg, Sam, Nicola (who isn't even here, but was accused of whining), etc., I can't say that I blame th

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Nick Chalko
Costin Manolache wrote: On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Nick Chalko wrote: So I am for /projectname/[subproject]/[version]/file[-version].jar That leo suggested. I'm not sure that's what Leo suggested. The [] imply optional. But my main point is Centipede will adapt to whatever Apache uses. Havi

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Costin Manolache
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Nick Chalko wrote: > So I am for > /projectname/[subproject]/[version]/file[-version].jar > > That leo suggested. I'm not sure that's what Leo suggested. Having the version in both dir and jar seems a bit too much. The common practice in many projects ( at least in jakarta

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Leo, As you have seen from some of our exchange and Costin's comments, there are differing views on how to make use of the repository. Costin and I seem to be of the option that a significant portion of the value of the repository comes from sharing and centralizing the managment of ASF-acceptabl

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Noel J. Bergman
My proposal is that Dion Gillard be asked to chair a repository committee. He is the most familar with the issues, he works with a lot of the Java technologies (Tomcat, Ant, Maven, James, Jetspeed, Struts, Turbine), and although he is a Maven fan, he is agnostic in terms of ensuring that all build

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Nick Chalko
Leo Simons wrote: do that, but the big disadvantage with deviating from the existing maven/centipede/ruper practice is that it deviates from that practice, thus requiring work and reducing compatibility. If you feel like holding a vote, by all means feel free, I'll probably vote -1 for deviating

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Leo Simons
Costin Manolache wrote: What policy should we use for removing older versions ( or we just keep everything ) ? my take: keep everything. Again, policy should be the same as for the contents of /dist/. I dunno if there is an asf-wide policy for that...looking at http://www.apache.org/dist

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Costin Manolache
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Leo Simons wrote: > >Should we use 2 different dirs for src and binary distribution ? Or maybe > >3 dirs ( src, bin, doc ) ? > > > based on current practice at http://www.ibiblio.org/maven, the answer to > both is "no". A quick > glance at the java projects @ http://www.apa

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-26 Thread Leo Simons
Costin Manolache wrote: On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Leo Simons wrote: files in /dist/java-repository besides perhaps HEADER.html and README.htmls... Few simple questions: Should we use 2 different dirs for src and binary distribution ? Or maybe 3 dirs ( src, bin, doc ) ? based on current pract

RE: Ant PMC Issue (was: RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location))

2003-02-26 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 10:55, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > I wouldn't phrase it quite that way, but as long as the question is on the > table: why aren't Ant and Maven two related projects under a single PMC? Well, because when Ant formed they had no desire to be grouped with Maven which is perfect

RE: Ant PMC Issue (was: RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location))

2003-02-26 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Conor, I could be wrong, but I don't believe that Dion was refering to the repository; rather he was commenting in response to my aside regarding Ant and Maven: On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 09:48:42PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Noel Bergman writes: > > I like the idea of a central repository.

Re: Ant PMC Issue (was: RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location))

2003-02-26 Thread Conor MacNeill
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read the Ant missionit specifically states the Ant build system as it's scope. Hi Dion, Your subject got my attention :-) Is there an Ant PMC issue here? We're certainly open to working with other projects within Apache and beyond. Is Ant's scope statement preventing

Ant PMC Issue (was: RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location))

2003-02-26 Thread dion
Noel Bergman writes: > I like the idea of a central repository. It would simplify the issue by > centralizing maintenance of jars and licenses. I just want to know how it > is going to operate. A joint operation between Ant and Maven? > Infrastructure? > > [I won't even get into the question o

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Costin Manolache
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > all PMCs whose committers 'commit' to the repository should maintain > > some oversight. > > Infrastructure hasn't considered that a good model for the Wiki, and I don't > know that it would work any better for the repository. Someone needs to > ta

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Costin Manolache
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Leo Simons wrote: > files in /dist/java-repository besides perhaps HEADER.html and > README.htmls... Few simple questions: Should we use 2 different dirs for src and binary distribution ? Or maybe 3 dirs ( src, bin, doc ) ? Are "milestone" builds acceptable ? Should we g

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Leo Simons
Noel J. Bergman wrote: all PMCs whose committers 'commit' to the repository should maintain some oversight. Infrastructure hasn't considered that a good model for the Wiki, and I don't know that it would work any better for the repository. Someone needs to take responsibility for the oversigh

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> all PMCs whose committers 'commit' to the repository should maintain > some oversight. Infrastructure hasn't considered that a good model for the Wiki, and I don't know that it would work any better for the repository. Someone needs to take responsibility for the oversight. > I'm not suggestin

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Leo Simons
well, I put in place a basic readme (actually, HEADER.html) and a sample package to indicate what I think would be the right organisation. I've basically copied over the layout used by the maven repo at ibiblio and explained how that works. This info should be sufficient for people to start addi

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Leo Simons
Noel J. Bergman wrote: Which PMC is going to oversee the repository? all PMCs whose committers 'commit' to the repository should maintain some oversight. I don't think there's an "official" precedent wrt how this works @ apache. It might be possible to get the infrastructure peeps to take on the

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > I thought this was for Apache only jars. Just a place for projects to > > place there "Released jars" as a compliment to the zip and qz > > distributions. So there should be no license issues. > > Well, I'm still waiting to hear about some of thi

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Leo Simons
Sam Ruby wrote: - Leo (avalon pmc member acting sort-of on behalf of "the java peeps" using the lazy consensus model and the Just-Do-It-in-the-event-of-consensus mindset :D) I like that mindset. Note: the essence of lazy consensus is that such actions are immeditely rolled back if an issue is r

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> I thought this was for Apache only jars. Just a place for projects to > place there "Released jars" as a compliment to the zip and qz > distributions. So there should be no license issues. Well, I'm still waiting to hear about some of this. From Dion's review, he mentioned to me that he belie

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Nick Chalko
Noel J. Bergman wrote: Note: the essence of lazy consensus is that such actions are immeditely rolled back if an issue is raised. I plan to do exactly that. I assume that you mean roll it back if an issue is raised, because obviously you wouldn't have put it up if you had an objection. :-) W

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 19:13, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > Note: the essence of lazy consensus is that such actions > > are immeditely rolled back if an issue is raised. I plan > > to do exactly that. > > I assume that you mean roll it back if an issue is raised, because obviously > you wouldn't hav

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> Note: the essence of lazy consensus is that such actions > are immeditely rolled back if an issue is raised. I plan > to do exactly that. I assume that you mean roll it back if an issue is raised, because obviously you wouldn't have put it up if you had an objection. :-) Which PMC is going to

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Brian Behlendorf
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Leo Simons wrote: > Leo Simons wrote: > > > Normally, I'd just ask the infrastructure peeps to > > > > umask 002 > > mkdir /www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository > > chown :apcvs /www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository > > > > and get things started, but given the unusual (w

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-24 Thread Sam Ruby
Leo Simons wrote: Leo Simons wrote: Normally, I'd just ask the infrastructure peeps to umask 002 mkdir /www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository chown :apcvs /www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository and get things started, but given the unusual (well, maybe not ;) amount of controversy okay, so it

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-24 Thread Leo Simons
Leo Simons wrote: Normally, I'd just ask the infrastructure peeps to umask 002 mkdir /www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository chown :apcvs /www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository and get things started, but given the unusual (well, maybe not ;) amount of controversy okay, so it looks like controv

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-21 Thread Joshua Slive
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Conor MacNeill wrote: > Brian Behlendorf wrote: > > > > +1. I see nothing wrong with the plan. Hopefully Ant can be made smart > > enough to pull the jars down from mirrors, too. > > > > Patches always welcome, Brian :-) The mirror CGI script should be able to handle this

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-21 Thread Conor MacNeill
Brian Behlendorf wrote: +1. I see nothing wrong with the plan. Hopefully Ant can be made smart enough to pull the jars down from mirrors, too. Patches always welcome, Brian :-) Conor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] F

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-20 Thread Brian Behlendorf
On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Leo Simons wrote: > Based on the above, I suggest we create such a machine-readable > repository @ > daedalus.apache.org:/www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository +1. I see nothing wrong with the plan. Hopefully Ant can be made smart enough to pull the jars down from mirrors,

[proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-20 Thread Leo Simons
Hi all, (sorry for the massive crosspost up front, as this is a proposal that should in the end come from the various PMCs towards the infrastructure team I'm doing lots of CCing, just once) I've been giving this some thought. It has been pointed out that the primary distribution lo

Re: Clear the air Re: ATTN: Maven developers [was: primary distribution location]

2003-02-05 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 09:29 PM, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: so we must not distribute any 3p (third-party) packages from asf systems if it is not permitted by their licences. nor may any of our code automatically go off and fetch such packages and start using them on the user's syst

Re: Clear the air Re: ATTN: Maven developers [was: primary distribution location]

2003-02-05 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
okey, i'm wading in here, noting as i do the angels high-tailing it in the other direction.. :-) i'm ccing [EMAIL PROTECTED] because i think portions of this discussion are important to the entire asf developer community, and not just jakarta. (jakarta leads the way again! ) this is my take on

Re: ATTN: Maven developers [was: primary distribution location]

2003-02-05 Thread Costin Manolache
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Sam Ruby wrote: > In two weeks, there is a board meeting. At that time, I would like to > be able to report that the contents of the Maven repository conforms to > the policies of the Apache Software Foundation. > > Code under the ASF License is clearly OK. As is the IBM P

ATTN: Maven developers [was: primary distribution location]

2003-02-05 Thread Sam Ruby
[Retry with a better subject line and the proper mailing lists addreses ... sigh] Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > >>Roy T. Fielding wrote: >> >>>In short, the answer is no, and this applies to any software with >>>copyright of The Apache Software Foundation. >> >>which brings up a very good point t

ATTN: Maven developers [was: primary distribution location]

2003-02-05 Thread Sam Ruby
Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: Roy T. Fielding wrote: In short, the answer is no, and this applies to any software with copyright of The Apache Software Foundation. which brings up a very good point that may have been overlooked: this applies to anything on ibiblio or elsewhere that is copyright th

RE: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> We could link to their site and recommend downloading their jar? :) We could. Not very convenient for users; just make-work on their part which would be nice to avoid. --- Noel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Henri Yandell
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > Roy T. Fielding wrote: > > > > In short, the answer is no, and this applies to any software with > > copyright of The Apache Software Foundation. > > which brings up a very good point that may have been overlooked: > this applies to anything on

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Roy T. Fielding wrote: > > In short, the answer is no, and this applies to any software with > copyright of The Apache Software Foundation. which brings up a very good point that may have been overlooked: this applies to anything on ibiblio or elsewhere that is copyright the asf. it does not app

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Sam Ruby
Noel J. Bergman wrote: Not to put too fine a point on this, but just to understand. A number of Java packages, such as JNDI and JavaMail, completely decouple the client code from the service provider. I realize that this is addressing a completely different point, but if you take a look at the li

RE: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Henri Yandell
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > > It will typically have import statements - something like: > > > import lgpl.sshlibrary.Thingy; > > Thank you very much for this explanation. It should help explain to authors > why we are asking them to provide their LGPL code under a different

RE: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Thank you very much for this explanation. It should help explain to authors > why we are asking them to provide their LGPL code under a different open > source license. Bear in mind that although, i.e the ASF, may be allowed to do so and distribute

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Roy T. Fielding
The import statement alone is sufficient to make the source code a work based on the Library, which means we could distribute under the terms of section 6. Those terms are viral and disallow binary-only releases, making our product viral because the Apache license does not require redistribution o

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Steven Noels
Roy T. Fielding wrote: Can I explore the issue a little bit further? The question that usually arises on Ant is not the storing and distribution of LGPL code itself, but the storing of code that "links" with or depends on the LGPL code. As an example, let's say we want to provide an SSH task for

RE: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> > It will typically have import statements - something like: > > import lgpl.sshlibrary.Thingy; > The import statement alone is sufficient to make the source code a > work based on the Library, which means we could distribute under the > terms of section 6. Those terms are viral and disallow bi

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Martin van den Bemt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You do win.. You don't have to have the direct implementation in > apache cvs and ask if the eg gpl'ed software would include an > implementation of that in their distro's. OK, the interface is there, Ant's Task class. I'm just

RE: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Martin van den Bemt
Bodewig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 09:35 > To: community@apache.org > Subject: Re: primary distribution location > > > On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Martin van den Bemt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is a way around all this if you writ

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Conor MacNeill
Roy T. Fielding wrote: The import statement alone is sufficient to make the source code a work based on the Library, which means we could distribute under the terms of section 6. Those terms are viral and disallow binary-only releases, making our product viral because the Apache license does not r

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Martin van den Bemt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a way around all this if you write an interface that is > used to be generic, and have the interface implementation stored > elsewhere. But "the interface implementation" would have to be LGPLed again, so you don't real

RE: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Martin van den Bemt
round some problems. Mvgr, Martin > -Original Message- > From: Conor MacNeill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 01:01 > To: community@apache.org > Subject: Re: primary distribution location > > > Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > >

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Roy T. Fielding
Can I explore the issue a little bit further? The question that usually arises on Ant is not the storing and distribution of LGPL code itself, but the storing of code that "links" with or depends on the LGPL code. As an example, let's say we want to provide an SSH task for Ant (a recent questio

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Steven Noels
Henri Yandell wrote: How about side-stepping the issue entirely and organising some kind of collation of projects on sourceforge/ibiblio, or even if lgpl is the main problem, setting up a project at savannah to host all the lgpl plugins to asf licenced works? ... which was one of the suggestions at

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Henri Yandell
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Conor MacNeill wrote: > Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > Conor, > > > > I expect that people are worried about the viral implications of LGPL, I'm worried about it :) If it's LGPL, I can use it at work, but I can't release any code that imports from the LGPL'd jar. And with RMS'

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Conor MacNeill
Noel J. Bergman wrote: Conor, I expect that people are worried about the viral implications of LGPL, although I am not sure how that applies with a jar. One of the long standing issues with the FSF licenses is how to apply them in a Java environment. Totally agree. I'm OK if the answer is "No, you

RE: primary distribution location

2003-02-05 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Conor, I expect that people are worried about the viral implications of LGPL, although I am not sure how that applies with a jar. One of the long standing issues with the FSF licenses is how to apply them in a Java environment. We're trying to get alternate licensing from any LGPL code. So far

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-04 Thread Conor MacNeill
Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: in fact, until such time as a clear determination is made, i'm ruling that it is *not* allowed. it is not worth the risk. so lgpl-licensed materials in the asf repositories are forbidden until a final decision is made. that may seem heavy-handed and arbitrary; i ap

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-04 Thread Costin Manolache
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: > > > > > > in fact, until such time as a clear determination > >is made, i'm ruling that it is *not* allowed. it is not worth the > >risk. so lgpl-licensed materials in the asf repositories are > >forbidden until a final decision is made. That's fin

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-04 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
in fact, until such time as a clear determination is made, i'm ruling that it is *not* allowed. it is not worth the risk. so lgpl-licensed materials in the asf repositories are forbidden until a final decision is made. that may seem heavy-handed and arbitrary; i apologise ahead of time, partic

Re: primary distribution location

2003-02-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Costin Manolache wrote: >> >> Where is this policy defined? I'd really like a definitive statement about >> this from someone with the authority to make such a pronouncement :-) > > Good luck... > > Since I doubt this will happen - I'm inclined to just start using LGPL and > force someone to m