Ted, >Has there been a vote regarding this in Avalon? >
It is in progress and so far in favour of a move. I dont think it will be vetoed as I was the only one that ever committed changes. It won't be useful until I complete the mime-manager-registry (for double click associations etc), so few have tested it. > >Have all the prior authors of the packages been pinged? > There were consulted on a move to Apache license and a move to Jakarta hosting. I have written 90% of the code and the other authors dropped away, probably not related to the move to jakarta. I am sure they do not actually need to be asked as they are not committers here. Others are interested now. >Will the existing codebase continue under the Apache License? > Yes. Without any change to wording. >What is the status of the current sourceforge projects? Could this be >joined into one project there under the Apache License? > The API (project jesktop) is BSD licensed because I haveported lots of GPL applications to be Jesktop compatible and GPL is incompatible with Apache software license, but not BSD. Those apps are hosted under project jesktopapps. This proposal is about moving the source tree undchanged (apart from package rename) to souceforge as "jesktopimpl". There is scope for others to take the API and make a Jesktop desktop that is not of the same codebase. >It's my feeling that our core mission is promoting the Apache open >source methodology and licensing terms. Where the codebase lives is >secondary. > Yup, we do concentrate on server side comps/tools/apps now. I think that is limiting and cite Batik as a cool Apache GUI app. I would love for Jesktop (impl) to remain at Apache as a top-level project, but a) it is not in scope and b) suffers from the wel known catch-22 of having no community yet. I hope the rules change in teh future so I can bring it back. Regards, - Paul H -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
