The short summary: License file scanner removed from Europa
builds. RC3+0 build is green.
What you need to know:
I have turned off the license file checker in the Europa build and it
will stay off. We will have some kind of checker for Ganymede but we
will not have anything for Europa. So...
(a) If you have publicly certified that your legal files (about files,
license files, copyrights, etc) are correct to the best of your
knowledge (and Janet/Sharon have reviewed and approved your IP
log), then you are in good shape - no further action or changes are
needed. Or...
(b) If you are confused about what files are needed and thus you are
unable to certify your legal file correctness yet, please ask us (Janet
or myself) for help understanding the Guide to Legal
Documents. Then you can finish off your legal files and email your
certification.
After Europa, we (the EMO in consultation with the Planning Council)
will revise the Guide to Legal Documents based on all your constructive
feedback (thanks to Martin, Jeff, Ed, Scott, Doug, McQ, and everyone
who has pointed out "features" of the existing document). The new
improved version will at least use glided letters, if
not be clearer and more useful to committers and project leads.
More detail than you probably want to know:
The automated checker was perhaps a good idea, but was installed too
late in the cycle to debug all of its quirks. That, combined with the
current variety of legal files (all of them best efforts at the time
they were created) resulted in the automated checker creating huge
numbers of bogus errors. You all don't have time to sort through all
these errors so we decided to turn the checker off and rely on the
certification of the project leads and PMCs.
We realize that there may be projects that are not 100% correct on the
legal files. As long as you have all made your best effort and that you
have fixed errors and omissions to the best of your knowledge, then we
(Janet and I) are confident that the legal files are in pretty good
shape. Janet is confident that there are no outstanding IP clearance
issues and thus we're only talking about dotting-i's and crossing-t's
with respect to the legal files.
Thanks for being patient through all this...
Bjorn (& Janet)
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