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JSR #376
Java^TM Platform Module System
Final Approval Ballot
Ballot duration: 2017-08-29 to: 2017-09-11

These are the final results of the Final Approval Ballot for JSR #376. The EC has approved this ballot.

Votes

Arm Limited

Azul Systems, Inc.

Credit Suisse

Eclipse Foundation, Inc

Fujitsu Limited

Gemalto M2M GmbH

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Grimstad, Ivar

Hazelcast

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

IBM

Intel Corp.

JetBrains s.r.o.

Keil, Werner

London Java Community

MicroDoc

NXP Semiconductors

Oracle

Red Hat

SAP SE

Software AG

SouJava

Tomitribe

Twitter, Inc.

V2COM

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Yes
No
Abstain
Not voted

View Vote Log

On 2017-09-08 Red Hat voted Abstain with the following comment:
Red Hat is voting Abstain at this time because although we think there has been positive progress within the EG to reach consensus since the last vote, we believe that there are a number of items within the current proposal which will impact wider community adoption that could have been addressed by this stage. However, we do not want to delay the Java 9 release and are happy with the more aggressive schedule proposed by the Specification Lead and EG for subsequent versions of Java because getting real world feedback on the modularity system will be key to understanding whether and where further changes need to occur. We hope that the Project Lead and EG will continue to be as open to input from the wider Java community as they have been recently and look forward to the evolution of Java being driven by data from users and communities beyond OpenJDK.

We would also like to take the opportunity to thank the EG, the Oracle Specification Lead and others who assisted in the numbers meetings which have taken place. This increased collaboration and positive approaches to discussing and resolving issues has been welcomed by ourselves and the wider Java community.
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On 2017-09-11 Eclipse Foundation, Inc voted Yes with the following comment:
We would like to recognize the progress that was made over the past few months on this. Thanks go to the Spec Lead and the expert group for all of the hard work in making some significant improvements in a short period of time.
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On 2017-09-07 Hewlett Packard Enterprise voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-09-11 JetBrains s.r.o. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-09-11 IBM voted Yes with the following comment:
Kudos to Oracle as the specification leader and those in the Expert Group who dedicated their time to achieving this milestone.  We expect to learn more about how our customers use the technology defined by this specification following its final release, and look forward to continuing our participation in JPMS's evolution.
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On 2017-09-11 Keil, Werner voted Yes with the following comment:
Glad to see, concerns by the community were addressed. Thanks for the EG and Spec Lead for taking them into consideration. For the benefit of Java 9 and future versions based on Jigsaw.
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On 2017-09-11 Credit Suisse voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-09-11 Tomitribe voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-08-29 Goldman Sachs & Co. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-08-30 SAP SE voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-08-30 London Java Community voted Yes with the following comment:
Again, very good to see some of the compromises put in place to make transitioning to a module system and modular applications easier for pre Java 9 applications.

Kudos to the Spec Lead and EG for sticking through with this very long project.  It's going to add a number of years to Java's longevity amongst other benefits!
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On 2017-08-30 Twitter, Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-09-01 Software AG voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-08-30 Azul Systems, Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-08-30 MicroDoc voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-09-05 V2COM voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-09-05 NXP Semiconductors voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-09-06 SouJava voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-09-10 Fujitsu Limited voted Yes with the following comment:
Fujitsu's vote is based on the technical merits of this JSR and is not a vote on the licensing terms.
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On 2017-09-11 Gemalto M2M GmbH voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-08-29 Arm Limited voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-08-29 Oracle voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-09-04 Hazelcast voted Yes with the following comment:
We're happy to see further work has been done with the community and hope this is also a good sign for the future development of Jigsaw.
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On 2017-09-04 Grimstad, Ivar voted Yes with no comment.
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