news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 21/10/2002 12:43:06 PM: > The following was posted by Roy Fielding: > > "Just look at the commons cvs -- there is code present > that was taken from another open source project, the license removed, > and replaced with the committer's own copyright alongside that of the > ASF. That isn't just contrary to our guidelines; it is immoral! > And, it has been there for four months without anyone so much as > lifting a finger (not to mention deleting the module, which is what > I would have done). If that isn't cause to terminate an entire project, > I don't know what is." > > This is a very serious accusation, and it seems other people > are aware of this issue - yet neither jakarta-commons nor > jakarta PMC have been informed ( at least to my knowledge ). > We may have too much traffic - or maybe people don't know > about [EMAIL PROTECTED], or maybe those who claim 'we don't > care' are right.
I care, but without knowing what the problem is, it's really hard to fix. > As you should know, it is our duty to review the code that > is checked in and make sure it respect some basic rules. > > I think it is essential for us to find the code and > find out how this happened and how it can be prevented in the > future. Nothing is perfect - and it is possible that people > don't understand the rules or just didn't think. > > I can't find many excuses for whoever noticed and who knew about that and > failed to notify the community or the PMC - and I include Roy here. But > that doesn't change the fact that we have a serious and major problem - > I think it is our fault in the first place as commons commiters for letting > such a thing happen. > > Since I still can't find out what code he is reffering to - I would like > to ask for your support in identifying it ( and fixing the problem, > of course ), and then to discuss and try to find out solutions to > avoid this in future. I'll happily remove it, but don't know what it is....What else should happen?? -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Work: http://www.multitask.com.au Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
