On Dec 5, 11:20 pm, Miroslav Pokorny <[email protected]>
wrote:
> If Bob does not believe in the JCP why did he run for it ?

Probably because a seat on the Executive Committee, which would have
given him a vote on all SE/EE JSRs, might allow him to apply some
pressure from within. Incidentally I think that the actual winners
(Google and Eclipse Foundation) will do just as good a job at this.

On the other hand, an expert on a JSR Expert Group has no votes and
very limited influence. Indeed, EG members are expected to give up
their time and intellectual property without financial compensation,
on the understanding that the spec lead will treat their work
according to the rules of the JSPA. However this particular spec lead
(Oracle) has already stated that it will not respect those rules;
instead Oracle simply takes ownership.

So I don't see why *anybody* would want to work on a JSR EG at the
moment unless they are an Oracle employee or being otherwise
financially compensated by Oracle.

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