Greetings Jakarta CDI Committers.
This is important. Please read.
The Jakarta EE steering committee has decided to change the patent license for the Jakarta CDI project to the Implementation Patent License. We're tracking this work in an
issue on our GitLab instance.
Unfortunately, for various reasons, we can't just change the patent license. Instead, we have to terminate the project and restart. The good news is that we've found a way to make this operation minimally disruptive.
To meet the legal requirements to implement this change, the EMO will reboot the project by simultaneously terminating and recreating it. There will be some
repository changes, but I'll have to let the project leads answer any questions that you have about that. My focus right now is in ensuring the continuity of the project team (i.e., ensuring that all of the committers retain their committer status).
Here's the ask... I need all existing committers like yourselves to assert that you intend to continue in the committer role on the rebooted project. You should consult with your manager and/or steering committee representative before making this decision.
Please make the following declaration as a comment on this thread (click the "Reply to comment" link above and right on this comment, and copy and paste the following statement).
I agree to continue as a committer on the rebooted Jakarta CDI project under the Implementation Patent License.
I'd like to "flip the switch" next Wednesday (October 6/2021). At that point, anybody who has not made the declaration will temporarily lose committer status. You'll get your committer status back after making the declaration (we'll try to restore committer status as quickly as we can). We'll hold this offer open until the end of the year (after that, to regain committer status, you'll have to go through the usual process).
Thanks for your attention in this matter.
Wayne
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Wayne Beaton
Director of Open Source Projects | Eclipse Foundation
