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Board of Directors Special Meeting Minutes
August 1, 2007
1. Call to order
The meeting is scheduled for 10:00 (Pacific) and was begin when
a sufficient attendance to constitute a quorum was recognized by
the chairman at 10:04. The meeting was held via teleconference,
hosted by Jim Jagielski and Covalent:
US Number : 800-531-3250
International : 303-928-2693
IRC #asfboard on irc.freenode.net was used for backup
purposes.
2. Roll Call
Directors Present:
Justin Erenkrantz
J Aaron Farr
Jim Jagielski
Geir Magnusson Jr
William Rowe Jr
Sam Ruby
Henning Schmiedehausen (left at 7:45pm CET)
Greg Stein
Henri Yandell
Guests:
Davanum Srinivas
3. Minutes from previous meetings
Tabled until next regular meeting
4. Executive Officer Reports
A. Chairman [Jim]
Tabled until next regular meeting
B. President [Justin]
Tabled until next regular meeting
C. Treasurer [J Aaron]
Tabled until next regular meeting
D. Exec. V.P. and Secretary [Sam]
Tabled until next regular meeting
5. Additional Officer Reports
A. VP of JCP [Geir]
Attachment was not provided. A verbal report which blended into
open discussion was provided in its place.
6. Committee Reports
Tabled until next regular meeting
7. Special Orders
None
8. Discussion Items
A. New ASF/JCP Policy, including action/reaction schedules and timeframes.
The intent is to come up with a clear policy, standards by which the
ASF will continue to participate in the JCP, changes required for that
participation and our course of action if such changes are not
implemented.
Outcome:
1) We will vote "NO" on any vote for a JSR led by a spec lead we feel
is out of compliance with the JSPA
2) We will vote "NO" on any vote for a JSR where the spec lead won't
commit to a FOU-free TCK licenses (for that JSR)
3) We will vote "NO" for any final vote where the presented TCK
license terms aren't FOU-free (for that JSR)
4) We will move that the ECs adopt the following statement:
"TCK licenses must not be used to discriminate against or
restrict compatible implementations of Java specifications
by including field of use restrictions on the tested
implementations or otherwise. Licenses containing such
limitations do not meet the requirements of the JSPA, the
agreement under which the JCP operates, and violate the
expectations of the Java community that JCP specs can be
openly implemented."
5) We agree that additional publicity at this time would hamper
efforts towards a successful resolution.
9. Review Outstanding Action Items
Geir: update http://www.apache.org/jcp/ with:
* an authoritative statement on what TCK aspects can be discussed in
public based on the TCK NDAs.
Status: Deferred
Bill: coordinate with Geir, and see if we can engage our lawyers to
assist us with the JCK/FOU contract dispute.
Status: Complete
Geir: draft schedule for the next two to three months outlining options
and strategies by the next board meeting.
Status: Complete
Sam: Copyright/license of .dtd/.xsd files and other Reference Material
Review (and possibly update) <http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html>.
Status: Deferred
10. Unfinished Business
11. New Business
12. Announcements
13. Adjournment
Adjourn at 11:40 a.m. (Pacific)
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End of minutes for the August 1, 2007 board special meeting.
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