Hi, > Is that an ASF policy, is there a reference for it?
Yep [1] (last para), [2] and also see the release checklist [3]. Note 3.6 there states "This package may not contain compiled components (such as "jar" files) because compiled components are not open source, even if they were built from open source.” There are other references if you need them. You can have jars in a binary convenience package. Thanks, Justin 1. http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what 2. http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what-must-every-release-contain 3. http://incubator.apache.org/guides/release.html
