On 6/23/06, Jean T. Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Andreas Korneliussen wrote: > Jean T. Anderson wrote: > > In this case, it is Rick (the release manager) who builds the RC, and > who makes it available before JDBC4 goes GA. I guess it would be up to > him to take the legal responsibility.
The RM for any Apache release is responsible for evaluating the legalities of the situation surrounding a release and do what is necessary to protect the ASF from legal action. See sections 4 and 8 of the ICLA.
It's up to Rick? Excuse me but Apache is ultimately responsible for this release and, as a member of this community, I think it's irresponsible to not resolve any legal issues *before* a candidate is released. The last thing Derby needs is legal grief.
+1 Looks like, barring clarification by Sun what the spec license means concerning applications that implement interfaces in a non-final JSR, even in their own namespace, the Derby community shouldn't do anything regarding a release with JDBC 4 - i would say not even post a release candidate for a vote - until the JDBC 4 spec is final. andrew
