Andreas Korneliussen wrote: > Andrew McIntyre wrote: >> 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. >> > > Thanks for confirming that it is the RM who is responsible for the > legalities.
That's not true. The PMC is responsible for ensuring that any Release of Apache software is appropriate. The PMC. > >>> > 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. >> > > Jean, I did not argue that we should not resolve legal issues before the > candidate is released. > > 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. And the ASF releases it via the action of the PMC. > >> Can Derby legally build an RC with the GA bits set before JDBC 4.0 is >> GA? --Understanding that the RC will be readily available to anyone to >> download? > > Anyone can check out the Derby source tree, and build a "derby" with the > GA bit set at any time. But they can't call it Derby.
