Re: Finally working towards Barcode4J 1.0

Nicola,

thanks for your comments. Fortunately, I haven't had many contributors I
have to ask so this will be rather painless.


On 24.08.2004 14:10:49 Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:
> Jeremias Maerki wrote:
> 
> > I'm planning to finally release Barcode4J 1.0 quite soon now. It's been
> > in beta for too long. The only serious problem is a Xalan bug which I
> > haven't fixed, yet. I have some plans (J2ME compatibility, Avalon
> > Framework optional) and a friend will probably help me implement the
> > DataMatrix 2D code.
> > 
> > So this is what I have in mind:
> > 
> > (1) Nicola expressed his wish not to have his name on every Krysalis
> > project's license anymore. Since we don't have the foundation thing
> > working I propose to replace Nicola's name with mine.
> 
> I agree, go for it.
> 
> > (2) I propose to upgrade Barcode4J's license to the Apache License 2.0.
> >
> > (3) Since Krysalis has gone pretty quiet, I'd like to propose taking
> > Barcode4J out of the Krysalis PMC's jurisdiction (for committer votes,
> > release process etc.). The project shall continue to follow Apache
> > lifestyle within the project because I believe in it. It shall also
> > maintain the association with the Krysalis project but more in the sense
> > of a federation (like what happens in the XML project at the ASF).
> 
> I agree that Krysalis must be a federation, and in fact it had started 
> with that in mind.
> 
> > This may sound a little drastic but I think it's probably the best
> > course of action for Barcode4J ATM. If anyone thinks this is a bad idea
> > or if you have a better suggestion please speak up.
> 
> I agree.
> 
> > A note concerning (1): Since I've had a small number of outside
> > contributions to the project I don't automatically have a copyright for
> > all of the code which means I can't just switch the licence headers.
> > Nicola, would it be possible for you to write a grant for the whole
> > thing so I can properly switch the attribution in case noone objects the
> > above plan?
> 
> I don't think you need it. A better and more safe way IMHO (IANAL) would 
> be to ask the contributors to send you a grant. In this way the path is 
> clearer.
> 
> > Thanks a lot.
> > 
> > BTW: What does everyone think about Krysalis' current state? How should
> > we continue?
> 
> Let me use a proper thread for this.



Jeremias Maerki



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