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JSR #99
Java Specification Participation Agreement
Community Draft Ballot
Ballot duration: 2002-03-05 to: 2002-03-11

These are the final results of the Community Draft Ballot for JSR #99. The ECs have approved this ballot.

Votes

SE/EE

Apache Software Foundation

Apple Computer, Inc.

BEA Systems

Borland Software Corporation

Caldera Systems

Cisco Systems

Compaq Computer Corporation

Fujitsu Limited

Hewlett-Packard

IBM

Lea, Doug

Macromedia, Inc.

Nokia Networks

Oracle

Progress Software

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

BEA Systems

Cisco Systems

Ericsson Inc.

IBM

Insignia Solutions

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Motorola

Nokia Corporation

PalmSource, Inc.

Philips Electronics UK Ltd

Research In Motion, LTD (RIM)

Siemens AG

Sony International (Europe) GmbH

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Texas Instruments Inc.

Zucotto Wireless

Icon Legend
Yes
No
Abstain
Not voted

View Vote Log

SE/EE

On 2002-03-11 Apple Computer, Inc. voted Yes with the following comment:
Apple fully supports the issues that have been  raised by Apache and others, but the new JSPA represents a good step forward relative to the current one.  We believe taking this to community review may provide the input that is needed to refine the JSPA before it goes to public review.  During the community review, we would like to work with the PMO to refine the JSPA to better reflect the needs of those participating in open source efforts.
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On 2002-03-11 Hewlett-Packard voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2002-03-11 Borland Software Corporation voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2002-03-11 Fujitsu Limited voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2002-03-11 Oracle voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2002-03-11 Macromedia, Inc. voted No with the following comment:
The free and creative spirit of the JCP should be directly and clearly manifested and protected legally. The major objections from the open source community argue that this is not the case, and we feel that the current language does not directly quell these concerns. We would like to see the issues that Apache raises on behalf of the open source community resolved in the JSPA itself before moving forward.
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On 2002-03-11 BEA Systems voted No with the following comment:
After considerable soul searching, BEA has decided to vote NO on this revision of the JSPA. While considerable effort has been exerted by all concerned and significant progress has been made, we still are not convinced that this JSPA would provide the level playing field we have long advocated for Java technologies. The concerns voice by Apache and the open source community is one avenue of concern as is the autocratic power that continues to be vested in spec leads enabling them to attempt mischief to obtain competitive advantage by controlling both the pace of innovation and the availability of that innovation to the marketplace. Unless and until these issues can be satisfactorily addressed, we prefer to stick with our current agreements.
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On 2002-03-11 Caldera Systems voted Yes with the following comment:
Caldera agree with a lot of the concerns expressed by Apache.  We would like to see more to be done to protect the interests of open source providers.
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On 2002-03-11 Compaq Computer Corporation voted No with the following comment:
Compaq shares Apache's concerns and IBM's concerns that the JSPA proposed revision provides insufficient protection for interests of open source providers and competitors (as enumerated at
http://jakarta.apache.org/site/jspa-position.html). Compaq must therefor vote no on this proposed revision
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On 2002-03-11 Progress Software voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2002-03-09 Lea, Doug voted Abstain with the following comment:
I share most of Apache's concerns. However, I also think that it would be useful to open this up to
the scrutiny of all JCP members, not just the EC.
These two factors cancel themsleves out, hence I
abstain.
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On 2002-03-08 Nokia Networks voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2002-03-06 IBM voted No with the following comment:
IBM has consistently worked within the Java Community Process since its very inception to create a truly open environment with a level playing field where no single vendor has the ability to exert unnecessary control over Java technologies for their own proprietary advantage.  While the current draft of the JSPA is an improvement over prior agreements, we believe we should do more to guarantee specifications, implementations and test suites developed under this agreement will be developed with a broader view of Java communities in mind, and to guarantee they are licensed under terms and conditions that allow the widespread adoption of compliant Java technologies. The JSPA amendments proposed under JSR 99 do not provide these guarantees. 

IBM has always believed it is absolutely critical the Java community include Apache as well as the rest of the open source community in order to ensure the long term health and competitive vitality of the Java environment.  As a result, IBM is fully supportive of the open source community's need for Sun resolve all the issues raised by Apache at http://jakarta.apache.org/site/jspa-position.html directly and unambiguously in the JSPA agreement itself.
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On 2002-03-05 Apache Software Foundation voted No with the following comment:
Apache is unsatisfied the JSPA revision provides sufficient protection 
for our interests (as enumerated at
http://jakarta.apache.org/site/jspa-position.html).  While we and others 
have worked long and hard on the JSPA revision and believe we have 
made progress from the previous JSPA, we cannot support a legal 
agreement which does not unequivocably satisfy these requirements.
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On 2002-03-05 Sun Microsystems, Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2002-03-11 Motorola voted Yes with the following comment:
We feel that this JSPA is a significant step forward, but hope that efforts to resolve the IPR issues raised are undertaken prior to public review.
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On 2002-03-11 Texas Instruments Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2002-03-11 PalmSource, Inc. voted Yes with the following comment:
While we believe that this is an improvement to the following JSPA, we believe that it is very important to keep up with the changes to the process so the open source community is protected and nurtured. It is also very important to make this a completely open process, and all companies should be viewed as equals, with equal rights and abilities.
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On 2002-03-11 Ericsson Inc. voted Yes with the following comment:
Ericsson support moving JSR-99 into Public review but believe that there is work remaining to better address IPR and other issues
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On 2002-03-11 Research In Motion, LTD (RIM) voted Yes with the following comment:
RIM JSPA comments were sent in during CR.
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On 2002-03-11 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. voted Abstain with no comment.
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On 2002-03-11 Philips Electronics UK Ltd voted Yes with the following comment:
Certainly this is an improvement. However as with Siemens, we have sympathy with several of the concerns of Apache. These should be looked at between community and public reviews and as many as possible addressed.
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On 2002-03-11 Siemens AG voted Yes with the following comment:
For Siemens the proposed JSPA is a substantial improvement compared to the current version. On the other hand we understand the concerns regarding open source. We would like to see this addressed in the future.
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On 2002-03-08 Nokia Corporation voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2002-03-06 Sun Microsystems, Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2002-03-06 IBM voted No with the following comment:
IBM has consistently worked within the Java Community Process since its very inception to create a truly open environment with a level playing field where no single vendor has the ability to exert unnecessary control over Java technologies for their own proprietary advantage.  While the current draft of the JSPA is an improvement over prior agreements, we believe we should do more to guarantee specifications, implementations and test suites developed under this agreement will be developed with a broader view of Java communities in mind, and to guarantee they are licensed under terms and conditions that allow the widespread adoption of compliant Java technologies. The JSPA amendments proposed under JSR 99 do not provide these guarantees. 

IBM has always believed it is absolutely critical the Java community include Apache as well as the rest of the open source community in order to ensure the long term health and competitive vitality of the Java environment.  As a result, IBM is fully supportive of the open source community's need for Sun to resolve all the issues raised by Apache at http://jakarta.apache.org/site/jspa-position.html directly and unambiguously in the JSPA agreement itself.
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