+1 I think the JROM dependency should be at least made optional immediately. I believe that work's already in progress.
We will work on getting JROM to a more reasonable license (we'll try for ASL); hopefully it shouldn't take much time. Sanjiva. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Ruby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [WSIF] Dependency on JROM > Jeremy Hughes wrote: > > > I don't agree that it is totally unusable in any context. It is usable > > for development purposes. The 90 day license means you'll need to > > download a new copy then. > > If you like, we can take this up with the XML PMC or the Apache board, > but as a member of both, I can confidently state that it is not the > intention of Apache to host projects which, by virtue of their > dependencies, become suitable for development purposes only. The likely > resolution would be the request for the expulsion of the xml-axis-wsif code. > > This being said, the resonable course of action is to take this as an > issue which is being worked, and provide a grace period of, say, 90 > days. In other words, either JROM needs to be provided under a suitable > license (e.g., Apache Software License, IBM Public License, Common > Public License), or the dependency from WSIF to JROM must be dropped or > made optional, or the xml-axis-wsif cvs tree will be removed. > > Is this acceptable to all?
