Different venue is fine. I was merely observing that we (almost every project) produces source and binaries distributions from the same pages. Hard to argue we don't distribute binaries; we do. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org
A Day Without Nuclear Fusion Is a Day Without Sunshine On Mar 26, 2012, at 2:31 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Matt Hogstrom <m...@hogstrom.org> wrote: >> My point is that if push came to shove, legally, I think the -bin objects >> would be considered a distribution. > > I disagree. The ASF only releases source. > > If I understand correctly, changing that position undermines the > indemnification protections that have been painstakingly set up by Roy and > others. > > Policy is that binaries are not endorsed by the ASF. If you wish to > change that policy and secure the backing of the ASF for binaries (which I > will oppose), this doesn't seem like the right venue to make such a > proposal. > > If the policy of source-only releases is confusing to some of our Java > developers, perhaps we should revisit how we vet incubating releases of Java > projects to emphasize this policy. > > Marvin Humphrey > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
