What about following the route other projects have already used ? i.e. create a private mailing list opened to all aries committers with a filed NDA and discuss any TCK related issues there ? A restricited svn area could be set up as well to hold TCK material or custom configs, scripts, etc...
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:47, Jeremy Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > I know there are many people on this list whose employer is a member > of the OSGi Alliance and hence they have access to OSGi member > materials. Myself included. There are others that aren't so this is > great step forward. I have some questions though: > > Do the results of running OSGi Compliance Tests count as confidential > or non-confidential? For example, stack traces and other diagnostic > information produced as the output to failing tests. Consider someone > who signs this NDA and configures a test machine with the appropriate > access controls to run the OSGi CTs for each hudson build. Can the > results be made publicly available? Can even a public yes/no be made > as to whether the CTs pass? This phrase in the NDA is the closest I > could find to this: > > "My subsequent use of the general knowledge, skills and experience > that I gain as a result of working with the information will not > constitute a breach of these obligations." > > but IANAL and this may just be about not limiting the individual's > subsequent pursuits. > > Also, where does this leave people who already have access to the > confidential material through another route (employer for example). I > wouldn't have thought they need to sign this NDA as they are not > receiving this information from the OSGi Alliance via the ASF. Then, > it is down to that person's individual or employer relationship with > the OSGi Alliance as to whether they are permitted to run tests > against Apache Aries and subsequently publish results. I hope there is > a mechanism (SVN revision number for example) of identifying the level > of the CTs that are run. > > At this point, it seems this is a discussion better had on a legal > list ... legal@ or jcp@ > > Thanks, > Jeremy > > On 26 February 2010 19:58, Kevan Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Feb 26, 2010, at 9:16 AM, Alasdair Nottingham wrote: >> >>> Kevan, >>> >>> Have you made any progress on what can be done here? >> >> This process may change, but for now you can submit the Apache NDA -- >> http://apache.org/jcp/ApacheNDA.pdf >> >> Fax to US +1-919-573-9199 or email a pdf scanned version to secretary@ >> >> Then send an email to jcp@ Something like: >> >> Subject: OSGI CT access >> >> I'm a committer on the Apache Aries project and would like access to the >> OSGi CT. I've submitted an NDA. >> >> --kevan >> >> > -- Cheers, Guillaume Nodet ------------------------ Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ ------------------------ Open Source SOA http://fusesource.com
