On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Ted Husted wrote:
> We originally used the phrase "sponsored by another subproject" to
> ensure that Agora would have use of the shared CVS. Where it breaks down
> now is how the code developed in the shared CVS gets distributed. We're
> concerned that unless we are more specific, it could become a backdoor
> to distributing code under the Apache brand. I'm sure Costin would do
> the right thing, but the CVS would be open to all 90 Jakarta committers,
> so we need to more careful.
And by mentioning that the sponsored component can be either distributed
by the sponsoring subproject or by commons you are removing all the
meaning.
The proposed change makes it void - it doesn't say anything that isn't
already true. Projects can already release Apache code - so the whole
phrase is offering what we already have.
Costin
