Just Say No
JSR 190 — Denied. JSR 280 — Denied.
Neither appear to be directly related to the ASF Open Letter, but it does appear that the general consciousness as to the rampant proclivity of spec leads to create egregious JSPA violations has been raised.
It is time for a new version of the JCP. One in which license terms are declared up front, so as to not waste anybody’s time. One in which the specification process itself is “default open” as opposed to “default closed” as it originally was, and not up to the unchallenged whim of the spec lead as it currently is. One in which access to TCKs do not require an NDA — after all the harness is now open source, so that particular excuse is now gone.