Hi,

On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> +1 (binding). There is an security software export issue that needs looking 
> into and probably acted on.
>
> I checked:
> - incubating in name
> - signatures and hashed all good
> - DISCLAIMER exists
> - LICENSE and NOTICE correct
> - No unexpected binary files
> - Source files have ASF headers (with a couple of exceptions)
> - Can compile from source
>
> Re including the full text of the guava license as it is boiler plate ALv2 
> there's no need to duplicate that in LICENSE. You may want to include as a 
> text file but there’s no real need IMO.
>
> On minor issue is that some of the pom files still have "Copyright 1999-2011 
> Alibaba Group.” in them this should be updated.
>
> I also just noticed that hessian lite (bundled in the source code) includes 
> some encryption code. (See files X509Encryption.java and X509Signature.java.) 
> It’s likely that the PPMC will need to go though this process [1] but I 
> cannot say for sure as I don’t know US regulation on this well. What’s 
> required is to register the software for export and add a warning that the 
> code contains encryption software to the README. Note that instruction on 
> that page may be out of date. Here’s the ASF export list for comparison. [2]

A preliminary investigation shows these two files is not used
currently (a more careful check will be done later), it can be removed
later. Moreover the overall hessian-lite module is supposed to be
moved out of core repository as discussed on the mailing list.  [1]

>
> I’m struct by a sense of irony that software that’s been mostly developed in 
> China may need an US export license to be used in China when hosted for 
> distribution at the ASF. :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>
> 1. http://www.apache.org/dev/crypto.html
> 2. http://www.apache.org/licenses/exports/
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[1] 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a5e5e1a09cb15b1d508cf22ce2bd674ddc915ffbfe16dda55dbc90ac@%3Cdev.dubbo.apache.org%3E

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