Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Doug Cutting
For many months the board has been asking the Maven project to obtain proper attribution from Sonatype for Apache's Maven trademark. Sonatype has thus far failed to comply. The Sonatype website states only that Apache Maven is a trademark of the ASF, not that Maven alone is also a trademark of

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jim Jagielski
Jason, the board has not leaked the information, so rest assured it was not from us. Also rest assured that no one questions Sonatypes committment to the users nor your pursuit of innovation. We only question why Sonatype refuses to attribute Maven as a mark of the ASF, even after I was assured by

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jason van Zyl
Doug, this is only part of the story but if we are strictly talking about trademarks here then people should understand what that discussion is about. What Sonatype was seeking was the use of Maven Central as a service mark in very much the same way Doug Cutting's company, Cloudera, has been

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jim Jagielski
Jason, please stop confusing the issue. In both cases you mention below, the PMCs have been very VERY involved in tracking ALL trademark issues, and have been even more vigilant with those entities in which they are a part of as far as employment (I would encourage you to look over, for example,

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Jun 17, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: Jason, the board has not leaked the information, so rest assured it was not from us. I'm not sure what information you're referring to. Also rest assured that no one questions Sonatypes committment to the users nor your pursuit of

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jason van Zyl
Jim, just get on the phone and sort it out. It's not that hard. On Jun 17, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: Jason, please stop confusing the issue. In both cases you mention below, the PMCs have been very VERY involved in tracking ALL trademark issues, and have been even more vigilant

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Doug Cutting
On 06/17/2011 03:03 PM, Jason van Zyl wrote: What Sonatype was seeking was the use of Maven Central as a service mark in very much the same way Doug Cutting's company, Cloudera, has been granted a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the service mark Hadoop World. That's a separate issue

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Mark Struberg
...@sonatype.com wrote: From: Jason van Zyl ja...@sonatype.com Subject: Re: PMC change explanation? To: Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com Cc: Doug Cutting cutt...@apache.org, Maven Developers List dev@maven.apache.org, Apache Board bo...@apache.org Date: Friday, June 17, 2011, 1:31 PM Jim, just get

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jason van Zyl
The bottom line is that this is likely easy to resolve very quickly. A call between a representative Apache board member, a Sonatype representative, and a secretary to agree on the actions, and carry them out. That seems like a pretty easy plan of action. Anything else just says to me that the

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jim Jagielski
Not sure what there is to sort out... But of course, you are also welcome to get on the phone and sort it out as well. On Jun 17, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Jason van Zyl wrote: Jim, just get on the phone and sort it out. It's not that hard. On Jun 17, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: Jason,

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jason van Zyl
the fastest way to resolve the issue. LieGrue, strub --- On Fri, 6/17/11, Jason van Zyl ja...@sonatype.com wrote: From: Jason van Zyl ja...@sonatype.com Subject: Re: PMC change explanation? To: Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com Cc: Doug Cutting cutt...@apache.org, Maven Developers List dev

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jason van Zyl
Email coming your way. On Jun 17, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: Not sure what there is to sort out... But of course, you are also welcome to get on the phone and sort it out as well. On Jun 17, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Jason van Zyl wrote: Jim, just get on the phone and sort it out.

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jim Jagielski
The below shows that you are extremely out of touch regarding what has been going on. As such, I have no problems with ignoring it. On Jun 17, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Jason van Zyl wrote: The bottom line is that this is likely easy to resolve very quickly. A call between a representative Apache

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jason van Zyl
Jim, Your misunderstanding of someone else's point of view and dismissing it out of hand without any further discussion is what got us here in the first place. You have no problems ignoring whatever you feel like which generally makes it hard to arrive at a resolution. Your job as an ASF Board

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread John Casey
FWIW, I'm glad the PMC has had the chance to participate in saying what it wants in the MOU with Sonatype. Unfortunately, such participation has to happen as we have time, and since we're a project of volunteers it may not happen on the timescales that companies are used to. So, if the buck

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jim Jagielski
Jason, all I can say in response is that I am impressed with both your reinterpretation of history as well as the size of your stugots in somehow placing the blame on the board and myself. We have made incredible progress, and your sweeping and baseless arguments are impeding and damaging that. I

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Shane Curcuru
As an introduction to those here in Maven land, I'm the VP of Brand Management at the Apache Software Foundation, and I and my officer's committee at trademarks@ are responsible for setting brand policy for all Apache projects, including trademark usage by third parties. Since this includes

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Jun 17, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: Jason, all I can say in response is that I am impressed with both your reinterpretation of history as well as the size of your stugots in somehow placing the blame on the board and myself. As I am impressed with yours. When things are not

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-17 Thread Jim Jagielski
Jason, Your synopsis is pretty much complete and total hogwash. Except for the board action, the PMC has been very, very involved for quite a long time. Since you are not on the PMC, maybe you didn't know that. In which case, please don't attempt to imagine what is happening; reality is sooo much

PMC change explanation?

2011-06-16 Thread Jeff Jensen
Is there a forthcoming explanation for a seemingly Maven PMC shakeup? I find it odd that consistently excellent contributors such as Lukas, Brian, et al are suddenly not on the Maven PMC. This is concerning as these are people who have drastically improved and moved Maven forward. It's very

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-16 Thread Lukas Theussl
Only speaking for myself, I would like to stress that I stepped back from the PMC for purely personal reasons. Though it certainly facilitated my decision, the events that occupied the PMC at the time are in no causal relation to my retirement. Said events will hopefully be explained by

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-16 Thread Jason van Zyl
Jeff, I believe this strictly falls within the purview of the Apache Board to explain. In particular Jim, Doug and Shane. Only the board has the right to reveal the business that has been transacted on private lists. Rest assured that's Sonatype's commitment to Maven users and our pursuit of

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-16 Thread Manfred Moser
I find it somewhat bewildering that there is no post of the vote or the results on the dev and users mailing lists I can see. Nor does the web site seem to be updated. http://maven.apache.org/team-list.html I would have expected more transparency from Apache. manfred Jeff, I believe this

RE: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-16 Thread Martin Gainty
change explanation? From: manf...@mosabuam.com To: dev@maven.apache.org CC: bo...@apache.org I find it somewhat bewildering that there is no post of the vote or the results on the dev and users mailing lists I can see. Nor does the web site seem to be updated. http://maven.apache.org/team

RE: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-16 Thread Manfred Moser
responsabilité pour le contenu fourni. Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:24:35 -0700 Subject: Re: PMC change explanation? From: manf...@mosabuam.com To: dev@maven.apache.org CC: bo...@apache.org I find it somewhat bewildering that there is no post of the vote or the results on the dev and users

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-16 Thread Benson Margulies
donné que les email peuvent facilement être sujets à la manipulation, nous ne pouvons accepter aucune responsabilité pour le contenu fourni. Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:24:35 -0700 Subject: Re: PMC change explanation? From: manf...@mosabuam.com To: dev@maven.apache.org CC: bo...@apache.org

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-16 Thread Jesse McConnell
que les email peuvent facilement être sujets à la manipulation, nous ne pouvons accepter aucune responsabilité pour le contenu fourni. Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:24:35 -0700 Subject: Re: PMC change explanation? From: manf...@mosabuam.com To: dev@maven.apache.org CC: bo...@apache.org I

RE: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-16 Thread Martin Gainty
pas n'importe quel effet légalement obligatoire. Étant donné que les email peuvent facilement être sujets à la manipulation, nous ne pouvons accepter aucune responsabilité pour le contenu fourni. Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:28:11 -0400 Subject: Re: PMC change explanation? From: bimargul

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-16 Thread Brett Porter
Just to make a couple of things clear, that weren't stated elsewhere in the thread: On 16/06/2011, at 11:42 PM, Jeff Jensen wrote: It's very concerning that a heavy committer such as Benjamin is no longer committing as he has done very useful, fantastic work. There has been no change to who

Re: PMC change explanation?

2011-06-16 Thread Daniel Kulp
Subject: Re: PMC change explanation? From: bimargul...@gmail.com To: dev@maven.apache.org Martin, I don't think that your message helps anyone here. Jason's email is a very gracious acknowledgement of the governance of the Apache Software Foundation. The changes in the Maven PMC result