Re-posting to this list as I wasn't subscribed on the first
attempt.
On 2019-09-23 11:29 a.m., Guillermo
González de Agüero wrote:
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Is is acceptable for Jakarta EE to depend on MP specs?
Ultimately this is a decision of the Jakarta EE Steering
Committee. But purely from a legal analysis the answer is no. It
is not acceptable for a Jakarta EE specification to depend upon
or include by reference one or more MicroProfile specifications.
Of course, an implementation of a Jakarta EE spec could choose
to do so, but I am pretty sure you're asking about specs.
The licensing and IP regimes are very different between Jakarta
EE and MicroProfile. We cannot see a legal way that a Jakarta EE
specification could be made available under the Eclipse
Foundation Specification License, including complying with the
patent requirements of the Eclipse Foundation IP Policy, while
relying upon MicroProfile specs. In addition to IP concerns,
MicroProfile specs are explicitly allowed to make breaking
changes while Jakarta EE specs are not.
I hope a clear answer to that specific question is helpful to
this discussion.