On 3 May 2016 at 18:04, Josh Elser <els...@apache.org> wrote: > sebb wrote: >> >> On 3 May 2016 at 01:43, Josh Elser<els...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> Binaries are not an official release anyways. >> >> >> But that does not mean they can include software that is incompatible >> with the AL, because end users expect (and we tell them) that the >> software comes under AL 2.0. > > > I didn't mean to imply that. Just a passing comment on the 'official > release' phrase. > >>> Even so, that seems like a *very* scary thing to even have this code >>> checked >>> into the repository if it depends on incompatibly-licensed software. Am I >>> misunderstanding this? >> >> >> It depends on the exact license. >> Some incompatible dependencies are OK as binaries >> >> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#optional >> and >> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#prohibited >> >> But given that the sandbox does not appear to be ready to release as >> it stands, I would be inclined to move it into a branch. > > > +1 along with someone to own this and do the proper diligence as a PMC > member to make sure that we're violating policy.
It would be easy to _ensure_ a violation ... ! Since sandbox is not ready for release, for the purpose of getting a VFS release out it should be moved to a branch. > >>> e...@zusammenkunft.net wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Agree, the sandbox profile should be in the site build enabled, but we >>>> cannot distribute the binaries as official release since it has >>>> dependencies >>>> which are not Apache approved (and potentially unfinished suff). >>>> >>>> Gruss >>>> Bernd >>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
