The Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors Special Meeting Minutes August 1, 2007 1. Call to order The meeting is scheduled for 10:00 (Pacific) and was begin when a sufficient attendance to constitute a quorum was recognized by the chairman at 10:04. The meeting was held via teleconference, hosted by Jim Jagielski and Covalent: US Number : 800-531-3250 International : 303-928-2693 IRC #asfboard on irc.freenode.net was used for backup purposes. 2. Roll Call Directors Present: Justin Erenkrantz J Aaron Farr Jim Jagielski Geir Magnusson Jr William Rowe Jr Sam Ruby Henning Schmiedehausen (left at 7:45pm CET) Greg Stein Henri Yandell Guests: Davanum Srinivas 3. Minutes from previous meetings Tabled until next regular meeting 4. Executive Officer Reports A. Chairman [Jim] Tabled until next regular meeting B. President [Justin] Tabled until next regular meeting C. Treasurer [J Aaron] Tabled until next regular meeting D. Exec. V.P. and Secretary [Sam] Tabled until next regular meeting 5. Additional Officer Reports A. VP of JCP [Geir] Attachment was not provided. A verbal report which blended into open discussion was provided in its place. 6. Committee Reports Tabled until next regular meeting 7. Special Orders None 8. Discussion Items A. New ASF/JCP Policy, including action/reaction schedules and timeframes. The intent is to come up with a clear policy, standards by which the ASF will continue to participate in the JCP, changes required for that participation and our course of action if such changes are not implemented. Outcome: 1) We will vote "NO" on any vote for a JSR led by a spec lead we feel is out of compliance with the JSPA 2) We will vote "NO" on any vote for a JSR where the spec lead won't commit to a FOU-free TCK licenses (for that JSR) 3) We will vote "NO" for any final vote where the presented TCK license terms aren't FOU-free (for that JSR) 4) We will move that the ECs adopt the following statement: "TCK licenses must not be used to discriminate against or restrict compatible implementations of Java specifications by including field of use restrictions on the tested implementations or otherwise. Licenses containing such limitations do not meet the requirements of the JSPA, the agreement under which the JCP operates, and violate the expectations of the Java community that JCP specs can be openly implemented." 5) We agree that additional publicity at this time would hamper efforts towards a successful resolution. 9. Review Outstanding Action Items Geir: update http://www.apache.org/jcp/ with: * an authoritative statement on what TCK aspects can be discussed in public based on the TCK NDAs. Status: Deferred Bill: coordinate with Geir, and see if we can engage our lawyers to assist us with the JCK/FOU contract dispute. Status: Complete Geir: draft schedule for the next two to three months outlining options and strategies by the next board meeting. Status: Complete Sam: Copyright/license of .dtd/.xsd files and other Reference Material Review (and possibly update) . Status: Deferred 10. Unfinished Business 11. New Business 12. Announcements 13. Adjournment Adjourn at 11:40 a.m. (Pacific) ============ ATTACHMENTS: ============ ------------------------------------------------------ End of minutes for the August 1, 2007 board special meeting.