RFR - JDK-8149776 - BSD license for jimage code

[Andrew Dinn]

Oops excuse the erroneous "not"!

On 15/02/16 15:36, Andrew Dinn wrote:
> On 15/02/16 14:39, James Laskey wrote:
>> The "restricted bug report" was totally a green horn error made by
>> me, the author of the code.  I wanted to track the end of process
>> approval for the licensing change by Oracle in the bug and marked it
>> as confidential since it was an internal comment. Mark will likely
>> address your concerns when available, but this was purely an error on
>> my part.
> 
> Apologies if my post seemed to suggest that there was any error on your
> part. I had and have no desire to apportion blame or criticism here.
> 
> I'll also note two other important things. Firstly, I have no reason in
> mind to object to this change. Also, I'm not thoroughly relaxed about
                                 Also, I'm     thoroughly relaxed about
> Oracle employing private JIRAs for some tasks, whether they be changes
> to proprietary code or special case changes to open code such as
> security patches etc. There are lots of good reasons why that has to happen.
> 
> The only general concern I have here -- i.e. beyond the basic request
> itself -- is that those of us who wish to contribute to the open source
> code can be aware of why changes are being made and have some confidence
> that the rationale for them is coherent. For the most part that need is
> answered by discussion and review on the relevant email lists and I am
> /very/ happy with how well that works. In any collaborative project such
> discussion provides a powerful check and balance against potential
> misunderstanding or error. So, I'm in no way wanting to impose some
> burdensome level of scrutiny or accountability that would end up making
> life harder for all of us (bureaucracy is an evil I am always happy to
> minimise :-). However, absent any prior discussion, I would hope that
> requesting some context to identify the point of a change is seen as
> reasonable.
> 
> regards,
> 
> 
> Andrew Dinn
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> Senior Principal Software Engineer
> Red Hat UK Ltd
> Registered in UK and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903
> Directors: Michael Cunningham (US), Michael O'Neill (Ireland), Paul
> Argiry (US)
> 

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regards,


Andrew Dinn
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Senior Principal Software Engineer
Red Hat UK Ltd
Registered in UK and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903
Directors: Michael Cunningham (US), Michael O'Neill (Ireland), Paul
Argiry (US)