I think we need a Wiki that lists all the items in Justin’s mail, each with a separate row in a table, each pointing to an issue in Apache NetBeans Issuezilla. Once each issue has been solved, we’ll need a rc3 release, with a reference to that Wiki listing all our solved issues, and start a new PPMC vote thread, etc.
Since this is my opinion only, others feel free to object and disagree, and mentors feel free to guide and advise. Gj On Monday, January 22, 2018, Jan Lahoda <lah...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 at 00:00 Jan Lahoda <lah...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > There are multiple things to solve, but here, among others: > > > 1. the various xsd/dtd/css/etc. files which are in the sources and > whose > > > licenses are not in the LICENSE file. There may be different solutions > > for > > > different such files, but to me, it would seem OK if all those would be > > > downloaded as external binaries. Although in any case, we may need to > do > > > some infrastructure work. I wonder if folks knowledgeable of those > files > > > could take a look. > > > ... > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> > > > > > > However CDDL, EPL and the sun public license are in Category B [25] and > > not > > > allowed is source form in a release. > > > ... > > > 25. https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-b > > > > > > > > I'm not sure how much work that infrastructure work would be, but - > > > > a) a lot of those EPL files seems to be dual-licensed with EDL, which is > > OK? > > > > b) that link also suggests that EDL and CDDL may be OK with respect to > some > > of these - > > > > eg. "For small amounts of source that is directly consumed by the ASF > > product at runtime in source form, and for which that source is > unmodified > > and unlikely to be changed anyway (say, by virtue of being specified by a > > standard), inclusion of appropriately labeled source is also permitted. > An > > example of this is the web-facesconfig_1_0.dtd, whose inclusion is > mandated > > by the JSR 127: JavaServer Faces specification." > > > > Might be worth clarifying these before putting much work into > alternatives? > > > > I am by no means insisting on a particular approach. I think the best > approach should be selected by folks fixing the problem (and I suspect the > "fix" will always include a commit, and may as well include reasoning on > general@incubator). What I think would be ideal is if folks that were > (re-)adding these files to the codebase, and who know a lot about them, > would work on finding a solution, whatever that is. > > If I were doing the change, I'd try to minimize discussions about what is > allowed and what not, and would try to reuse our existing infrastructure as > much as possible. > > Jan > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Neil > > > > > > -- > > Neil C Smith > > Artist & Technologist > > www.neilcsmith.net > > > > Praxis LIVE - hybrid visual IDE for creative coding - www.praxislive.org > > >
