This was posted yesterday. I asked Ken if I could repost it here and he said yes. Ken Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - SMI Software Development wrote: > > Ah, what a day. > > I've been working this issue pretty hard and here is the scoop from > here: > > The press release was messed up. Pure and simple. Sun knows > that Blackdown did a lot of work that was in that release, Sun > even had Blackdown in the confidential Q&A about the release, > but, through a typical level of big company miscommunication, > didn't get it in the press release. > > Sun is *really* sorry. Belive it or not. I've talked to the > person who is in charge of this messaging and she was about as > sorry about it as one could hope. They've said so talking to > the press, and are ensuring that an upcoming article at > java.sun.com (should be there today) properly credits the > Blackdown people with their contributions. > > This matters to me, of course, because this stuff with the JDK will > affect people's ideas of what we will do with the Jini technology. I > can't promise no screwups, but I'm with Dick Gabriel on this one -- If > I see Sun stealing credit for other people's work at this level, both > my resignation and protest will be in the same letter. We will give > credit where it's due. I think people who have seen us in action (for > example, at the Jini Community Summits) have seen this happen. > > I apologize for Sun's mistakes here, and promise that we will do our > best to avoid them in the future, especially on the Jini project where > we have the most control. > > Ken > > P.S. Note that this nothing to do with SCSL -- it is a matter of > credit given. GPL doesn't require credit to be given either. Credit > for help is a social custom we all should follow, especially companies > who cooperate with volunteers. I'm embarassed that Sun didn't do this, > and I'm sure going to make sure that our project does it right. -- Chris Kakris http://www.dynamic.net.au/christos/ ZDS Services Pty Ltd 414 Gilbert Road, Preston, Victoria 3072, Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
