The issue was that a jboss package name was noticed in a commit message but could not be found in the CVS history. The reference is in the file Strings.java, the code snippet :
public static final String NEWLINE = org.jboss.util.platform.Constants.LINE_SEPARATOR;
and can be found in this commit :
http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=geronimo- [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=105
This was in the first version of Strings.java imported by Jason Dillon. This class was one from a previous project of his, and had been contributed by him to Jboss as well.
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/jboss/jboss-common/src/main/org/ jboss/util/Strings.java?rev=1.1&view=markup
The two files are identical except that there is a compare() method added to the Geronimo file, and some additional methods related to making URLs. These two differences are accounted for in the subsequent patches to the Jboss version, committed by Jason. Thus, it appears that Jason does have the right to re-license this code under the ASL for Geronimo.
The referenced file, org.jboss.util.platform.Constants, was also contributed from by Jason to JBoss, and thus can also be relicensed under the ASL.
After investigating (thanks for help and input from Noel, Dirk and others who might want to remain nameless), and a conversation with Jason, I draw the following conclusions :
1) Jason contributed the code to the Geronimo project and had the right to do so.
2) He made the mistake of forgetting to change the package name for the LINE_SEPARATOR constant in Strings.java before he imported the code.
3) Once he noticed the problem, he felt the best course was to simply remove the ,v file and re-import to reduce the chance of confusion and questions later. [hah!]
Thus, I believe that we have no problem. My guess is that if he had brought up the issue when he first imported, he would have been advised to do generally the same thing : remove the ,v, and on the subsequent import note that this was the a 're-import', so that any future reviews of the commit stream and CVS history could account for the discrepancy.
Thanks again for all the work contributed by everyone to solve this. I'm especially sorry that this interfered with the demonstration of the Pet Store running in Geronimo, but given the uncertainty at the time, we had no choice.
Onwards to certification!
geir
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