Re: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread Morgan Delagrange
While I agree that this list should be opened up, I don't think this is the right time. While you were away, this issue was opened up again, and it seemed apparent that few opinions have changed since this issue was voted upon. I suggest tabling the issue for at least a few months, while working

Re: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Wednesday, February 5, 2003 4:08 PM -0800 Morgan Delagrange [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If we talk about it now, I'm pretty sure people will feel that it's been done to death and be fairly intransigent. +1. =) -- justin - To

Re: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread David Reid
If we talk about it now, I'm pretty sure people will feel that it's been done to death and be fairly intransigent. Very well put - even if a little down in tone... +1 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

RE: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread Noel J. Bergman
the issue be reconsidered and that it be re-opened to the public. Obvious question: what has changed since you proposed that community@apache.org be open back in October (http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]ms gNo=60)? I don't believe that you want your proposal to be viewed as

Re: licensing issues and jars in Avalon

2003-02-06 Thread Santiago Gala
Sam Ruby wrote: Leo Simons wrote: recent board decree (saw it first on the infrastructure list) (paraphrasing): the ASF must not distribute software packages (in any form) licensed under LGPL, GPL or Sun Binary Code License in any way. Sun's Binary Code license permits bundling as part of your

Re: Where to place Agora?

2003-02-06 Thread Ben Hyde
On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 11:40 AM, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: Ben Hyde wrote: So one possible awnser to the question is: check it into committers someplace and see if you can get a community to begin to emerge. The privacy issues can be used as cover for not going more public at this

Re: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread Morgan Delagrange
--- David Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If we talk about it now, I'm pretty sure people will feel that it's been done to death and be fairly intransigent. Very well put - even if a little down in tone... Only when it's put on a line all by its lonesome, I think. :) Anyway, I'm not

Re: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2003-02-05 at 18:55, Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] excited the electrons to say: I would like to propose that after seeing the way that this list functions up until now, that it the issue be reconsidered and that it be re-opened to the public. as has been poiinted out by others,

Re: licensing issues and jars in Avalon

2003-02-06 Thread Sam Ruby
Santiago Gala wrote: Second, in jetspeed, David removed activation.jar some time ago (I think because of those issues). But I have reviewed our repo just now, and we still have mail.jar, which, I think, we should remove also. (Sun Binary Code License). If you confirm, I will take care that it

Re: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread Santiago Gala
Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: * On 2003-02-05 at 18:55, Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] excited the electrons to say: (...) Minor considerations: * I will rejoin and stop whining about it. won't you consider being nice and doing that anyway? or is this the only price you'll accept? grin

Hashing it out [was: Re: Clear the air Re: ATTN: Maven developers ...]

2003-02-06 Thread Morgan Delagrange
OK, Java-specific question. It seems likely that altering or inlining LGPL code pollutes the Apache license. Are you of the opinion that IMPORTING but not altering or distributing LGPL classes pollutes the Apache licecnse? And if so, can that be stated on the Wiki page? If LGPL code cannot be

RE: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread Noel J. Bergman
One of the Three Dangers of the Fire Swamp suggested: if you want to change this to a proposal that we create a *new* opt-in list with no restrictions on subscription, i think that is a different matter. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Noel

Re: Hashing it out [was: Re: Clear the air Re: ATTN: Maven developers ...]

2003-02-06 Thread Conor MacNeill
Morgan Delagrange wrote: OK, Java-specific question. It seems likely that altering or inlining LGPL code pollutes the Apache license. Are you of the opinion that IMPORTING but not altering or distributing LGPL classes pollutes the Apache licecnse? And if so, can that be stated on the Wiki page?

RE: Site scan results

2003-02-06 Thread Noel J. Bergman
yes please! It'd be cool if something like this could run every week or so, with summaries sent to the appropriate mailing list. I'll run it weekly, but I am *not* subscribing to every mailing list. :-) I'll post the files to my account, and a notice here. Not sure why it failed to generate

RE: Hashing it out [was: Re: Clear the air Re: ATTN: Maven developers ...]

2003-02-06 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Ken, can we get this on the Wiki page to protect feeble-minded folks like me? http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?Licensing I had just finished doing that. I hope that I got them right. --- Noel - To

Re: Hashing it out [was: Re: Clear the air Re: ATTN: Maven developers ...]

2003-02-06 Thread Daniel Rall
Conor MacNeill [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Morgan Delagrange wrote: OK, Java-specific question. It seems likely that altering or inlining LGPL code pollutes the Apache license. Are you of the opinion that IMPORTING but not altering or distributing LGPL classes pollutes the Apache

Re: Hashing it out [was: Re: Clear the air Re: ATTN: Maven developers ...]

2003-02-06 Thread Daniel Rall
Morgan Delagrange [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dang, I wish that archive was searchable. [wink, wink] Pier, the unix permissions on the Lucene index directory for community@apache.org don't allow writes by the unix user apache which Catalina is running as: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:dlr$ ls -lad

[OT] Re: Hashing it out [was: Re: Clear the air Re: ATTN: Maven developers ...]

2003-02-06 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Wednesday, February 05, 2003 21:25:47 -0800 Daniel Rall dlr@finemaltcoding.com wrote: can't change /opt/tomcat/webapps/eyebrowse/index/apche.org/community Man, I hope our search engine doesn't index www.apche.org. I actually encountered this site at ApacheCon while Brian and David were

Re: [OT] Re: Hashing it out [was: Re: Clear the air Re: ATTN: Maven developers ...]

2003-02-06 Thread Daniel Rall
Justin Erenkrantz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --On Wednesday, February 05, 2003 21:25:47 -0800 Daniel Rall dlr@finemaltcoding.com wrote: can't change /opt/tomcat/webapps/eyebrowse/index/apche.org/community Man, I hope our search engine doesn't index www.apche.org. Heh, me too. I

Re: licensing issues and jars in Avalon

2003-02-06 Thread Oliver Burn
What I find strange in all this discussion about tools that are licensed under LGPL is, why does it matter if you do not use the tool in the actual code of the project. Take for example Checkstyle, you use this tool to check that your code conforms to a coding standard. Checkstyle does NOT: -

Re: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread David Reid
No, please no One of the Three Dangers of the Fire Swamp suggested: if you want to change this to a proposal that we create a *new* opt-in list with no restrictions on subscription, i think that is a different matter. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Noel

Re: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread Torsten Curdt
Sorry, I don't get this no, please not another list We will have the traffic and the posts to read anyway - no matter if we open the current or create a new public list. Or did I miss here something? -- Torsten No, please no if you want to change this to a proposal that we create a *new*

Re: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
* I will rejoin and stop whining about it. won't you consider being nice and doing that anyway? or is this the only price you'll accept? grin size=huge/ laugh/ No Chance. Not enough time on my hands these days. As for the rest... Sure then I propose we create another list open to the public

RE: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread Noel J. Bergman
One of the Three Dangers of the Fire Swamp suggested: if you want to change this to a proposal that we create a *new* opt-in list with no restrictions on subscription, i think that is a different matter. [EMAIL PROTECTED] No, please no shrug I couldn't really care too much

RE: Classpath Licensing

2003-02-06 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Nic, Thank you for the explanation. I am cc'ing others to pass on your explanation. Hopefully this can put a few of the licensing concerns in these specific cases to rest, but if there is a need for any further clarification required, I hope that the ASF Board will contact you directly as

Re: Classpath Licensing

2003-02-06 Thread Nic Ferrier
Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nic, Thank you for the explanation. I am cc'ing others to pass on your explanation. Hopefully this can put a few of the licensing concerns in these specific cases to rest, but if there is a need for any further clarification required, I hope that

Re: [PROPOSAL] Open this list

2003-02-06 Thread Daniel Rall
Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One of the Three Dangers of the Fire Swamp suggested: if you want to change this to a proposal that we create a *new* opt-in list with no restrictions on subscription, i think that is a different matter. [EMAIL PROTECTED] No,