Matt Hogstrom wrote: > Heads up...we're using IRC for real-time collaboration on this and will > post updates to the dev list. IRC is at irc.freenode.net channel > #geronimo.
I won't be able to be there. geir > > Right now I'm removing ./modules/j2ee-schema/src/resources/* and > building to see if these DTDs are required for building in some odd > way. Don't work on these just yet. > > Matt Hogstrom wrote: >> All, >> >> For those wondering where the Geronimo 1.1.1 release is at here is a >> quick summary and battle plan. >> >> John Sisson discovered that we have several DTD and XSDs included in >> our build that are copies of Sun's original material. The copyright >> in the material seems to indicate that we cannot redistribute the >> content. Unfortunately, as Geir has pointed out, that there is no >> clear way to interpret the license and we should manually generate >> these to stay legal and avoid any appearance of impropriety. >> >> The documents in question reside in both the distribution of the >> source as well as the server itself. It appears that other open >> source and commercial vendors do distribute these documents in their >> original form but the ASF does not have a clear indication that we can >> follow this same practice. You can find the documents in >> $G_BUILD_TREE/modules/j2ee-schema/src/* as well as the distributions >> in $G_DIST/schema/* directories. >> >> The documents are identified in JIRA >> http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-2307. >> >> I'd like to ask anyone that has some spare moments to help out with >> putting these together. Basically, you need to refer to the >> appropriate specification and type in the XML exactly like it is >> represented for actual elements and either omit or paraphrase the >> information embedded in comments so we do not violate Sun's copyright. >> >> I know this is frustrating but for their own reasons Sun has imposed >> this unfriendly copyright and we need to abide by it. We are >> protecting The ASF, Geronimo and our users. >> >> If you are working on a document please update the above JIRA to >> indicate it is partial so others can see what remains. Please check >> the new schemas into their respective replacements. When the >> replacements are complete we'll build a new distribution and run it >> through a full CTS test to validate our work. >> >> Please also consider working with a partner so you can cross check >> each other's work. >> >> Thanks in advance for your patience and help with this important issue. >> >> Also, if others have input into the process that I have missed please >> provide it as well. >> >> Thanks to John and Geir for discovering and mediating on this issue. >> >> >> > >
