I assumed that this was the board trying to make sure that entities could use the codes under the EPL too since may companies feel like it a kind of preferred license. I could also see them having little interest in a bunch of non-EPL codes at Eclipse.
I'm fine with it. Personally I think it isn't necessary, but IANAL.
That's a good question regarding the EPL + other license. I'll
have to defer to Mike on that as I wasn't at the meeting and don't
know the reasoning.
Kind regards,
Andrea
On 29/06/16 16:48, Tobias Verbeke wrote:
Hi Andrea,
No objection, but besides the already discussed veto
against LGPL licensed third party dependencies, there have
also been changes to the TLP text that enforce dual licensing
(EPL and *) whereas in the previous version science projects
could also be licensed under * only e.g. Apache 2.0 only or
MIT only.
I am wondering (open question) whether SWG people have any
opinions or comments on this?
Baring any objections articulated on the list or to me in
private by tomorrow morning (EDT), I'll send out an email
to all Science WG members to ask them to support (+1)
abstain (0) or vote against (-1) accepting this Science
Top Level Project Charter.
Members will have 10 days maximum to vote.
Once the results are in, I'll report on them to the
Steering Committee & group as I proposed.
Kind regards,
Andrea
On 29/06/16 11:19, Torkild U. Resheim wrote:
Thanks Andrea,
Yes, I’d go for option B too. Simple
majority decides. And we need to publish the amended TLP
proposal somewhere. I cannot seem to find it.
Option A: The Foundation does have
infrastructure for this but it's a bit
heavyweight for this, in my opinion.
Option B: I'd be happy to run the vote on
behalf of the group. What I'll likely do is
just email all the member representatives and
ask them to please reply with their vote, and
then I'll report on the outcome. For
transparency's sake, I can share the who voted
what with the Steering Committee.
Option C: If we wanted a completely public
vote, we'd simply ask for +1/0/-1 here on the
list.
I recommend Option B, for what that's worth.
Andrea
On 28/06/16 16:53, Torkild U. Resheim wrote:
Hi all,
If we’re going to make all 15
members vote I think we should make the
voting process a bit more formal and also
make some effort to ensure that members with
voting rights are aware of what is going on.
I think several representatives could be on
vacation already. It starts early, in
northern Europe at least. Andrea, do the
Foundation offer any infrastructure we can
use for this purpose?
In general I would agree
with you, but having the
steering committee get the
sole deciding votes on
something as important our
own TLP seems unfair. I
mean, honestly, I think
everyone will vote "Yes,"
but I think everyone would
like the chance to say
they voted on "our TLP"
just like they voted on
"our charter." Just seems
more fair to me, that's
all.
Greg, I think
institutional votes for
participating and steering
committee members will be
fine. It would be one vote
per organization in that
case.
If there are
no objections I say that
we start the vote by roll
call?