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IBM/Oracle To Share Java Leadership: More Bylaws to Read

By Pamela Jones et al.

The headlines say things like Oracle and IBM Share Open-Source Java Leadership, releasing bylaws showing how they plan to arrange matters:

Oracle has agreed to share governance of the OpenJDK Java community with IBM, in a move that demonstrates considerable good will, according to one analyst.

The company has created a series of bylaws outlining the way the governance will be structured, with Oracle appointing itself chairman and the OpenJDK lead, and IBM taking the role of vice chairman.

I know bylaws are boring, but let me show you just a couple of highlights that, to me, show that while Oracle and IBM will be sharing leadership, albeit not equally weighted, the community isn't inside the real loop, not yet anyway. This is draft 7 of the bylaws, so it's not carved in stone. So please allow me to point out some bugs.

Full post as published by Groklaw on February 08, 2011 (boomark / email).