On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 19:01, Greg Stein wrote: > I'd also like to point out the Board has specifically requested that the > Apache Maven Project should distribute jars from ASF hardware. We make > certain guarantees to our users, and those guarantees require distributing > ASF code from known, secure hardware (the ASF itself). > > Thus, a jar repository will be created at the ASF, and ibiblio will mirror > from that (and probably add some additional jars which won't ever be > distributed by the ASF for various reasons). The repository will fit into > our mirror framework, and there will be automatic mechanisms for ASF > software releases to automatically flow into that repository (e.g. the > point about releases taking (sometimes) months to appear at ibilio will > not occur).
If some wants to make a maven-like directory within the standard distribution location on ASF hardware right now they can. That could be a first, very practical step the repo project could make. Then let projects put their artifacts in there as they wish. > Please sign up at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to participate. > > Cheers, > -g > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 05:04:04PM -0600, Tim O'Brien wrote: > > I be a little clearer here. Do not redistribute anything from ASF > > hardware that is covered on a license that is incompatible with the > > Apache License. If you are unsure as to what that means, I'd suggest > > joining the licensing list and asking. > > > > I'd suggest using your own resources for something like this. Keep in > > mind that ASF pays for bandwidth, and that we have a series of mirrors > > to reduce our overall bandwidth. > > > > Tim > > > > __matthewHawthorne wrote: > > >> As Noel pointed out, there's a repo project starting up elsewhere. In > > >> the > > >> meantime, though, please be *very* careful about what you make available > > >> in your public_html directory. Specifically, you need to ensure that the > > >> licenses for all of those components permit redistribution, since > > >> that is > > >> effectively what you are doing. > > > > > > Will do. I'm not using anything for which there isn't already an > > > older version on ibiblio -- so I think I'm ok. But I'll be sure to > > > double check. -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
