I am withdrawing my -1 on the basis of the feedback I have received from legal-discuss.
My vote is now +0 as I have not tested the distribution and I am waiting for somebody else on the PMC to do the running and make a call on whether we need to fix the NOTICE file for this release. I intend testing the distribution tomorrow unless this vote gets cancelled ;-) - Stephen On Thursday, 4 July 2013, Jason van Zyl wrote: > Fair enough. > > On Jul 4, 2013, at 8:59 AM, Stephen Connolly < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I will let Barrie decide on whether we *have to* cancel this vote because > > of the issues he identified in the NOTICE file. > > > > Until I hear back from legal-discuss, I do not know whether the test data > > issue has any changes required, so I do not know whether (on the bits I > am > > focusing) there is a requirement for us to respin yet, so from my point > of > > view I am ok with keeping the vote open until I hear back from > > legal-discuss on the test data issue... but if Barrie's view is that with > > the current NOTICE we cannot release, then no choice but to cancel the > vote > > now. > > > > I'd rather have a vote open to pester legal for a more prompt answer > (from > > a bunch of volunteers on the 4th of July weekend) than have no vote to > push > > them with. > > > > > > On 4 July 2013 13:54, Jason van Zyl <ja...@tesla.io> wrote: > > > >> Then just make the changes you see fit and I'll roll it again. It will > >> only take a few minutes. If we know what it should be like then we > might as > >> well just do it, as it's likely to take less time than asking if an > >> exception can be made. > >> > >> I can cancel the vote. Make the changes you think are required for > >> compliance and I'll cut it again. > >> > >> On Jul 4, 2013, at 6:05 AM, Stephen Connolly < > >> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> I have asked the legal-discuss list for an opinion on test data sets > and > >>> license headers. From my reading of the current ASF position: > >>> http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions we do not > >>> currently have an exception for test data sets. > >>> > >>> Pending the outcome of that discussion I will have to be > >>> > >>> -1 > >>> > >>> If the outcome is that we do not need to do anything for test data > sets, > >>> then I would be happy to switch to +1. > >>> > >>> If the outcome is that we need to add some additional text to the > NOTICE > >>> files to cover the test data sets, then we will need to respin as > nobody > >> on > >>> the PMC can vote +1 if we are aware that the release is in violation of > >> the > >>> ASF policies and we would be neglecting our governance role. > >>> > >>> If the outcome is that we need to add the license headers to all the > test > >>> data files, then I think the PMC will have to review what we want to do > >> as > >>> adding license headers to every file in the test data set runs the risk > >> of > >>> invalidating the test data and that is an unnecessary risk that would > >>> cripple the project and as such I would be looking for the ASF to > change > >>> such a decision and provide us with a means of using the NOTICE file to > >>> cover the test data. > >>> > >>> I hate being petty, but unfortunately that is part of the governance > role > >>> that the PMC is tasked with... :-( > >>> > >>> - Stephen > >>> > >>> > >>> On 1 July 2013 03:56, Barrie Treloar <baerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 1 July 2013 06:52, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> Another problem: the NOTICE file contains the following spurious > text: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > ========================================================================= > >>>>> == NOTICE file corresponding to the section 4 d of > >>>> == > >>>>> == the Apache License, Version 2.0, > >>>> == > >>>>> == in this case for the Apache Maven distribution. > >>>> == > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > ========================================================================= > >>>>We know what we are, but know not what we may be. > > -- Shakespeare > > > > > > > -- Sent from my phone
