Andrew McIntyre wrote: > On 6/23/06, Andreas Korneliussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... >> I responded to this part of your post, and wanted to clarify that Derby >> does not build the RC, it is the RM who does it. > > Yes, because it is the RM as an individual that ultimately builds and > publishes the release as an official Apache release on behalf of the > ASF. Once it is published, though, the bits belong to the ASF, not the > release manager or the Derby project. I'm pretty sure that's what Jean > meant by 'Apache is ultimately responsible for the release'.
One of the reasons the Apache Software Foundation was formed was to provide a legal umbrella that protects individual software developers from litigation [1]: > provide a means for individual volunteers to be sheltered from legal suits > directed at the Foundation's projects I don't think it was anybody's intention to suggest throwing our RMs to the lions .... but let's don't. :-) We should always work on releases within ASF guidelines. -jean [1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html, see "What is the Apache Software Foundation?"
