All of us share a passion for JSR-299 and the change it brought to Java EE 6. If you are interested in showing your appreciation, perhaps you would be willing to nominate Gavin as a star spec lead for working in a transparent and collaborative way to create this standard. This specification is especially unique because Gavin and the JSR-299 EG selected the use of the Apache License for both the implementation and the TCK, a clear commitment to openness.<div>
<br></div><div>Details here: <a href="http://community.jboss.org/wiki/2010StarSpecLeadNominations">http://community.jboss.org/wiki/2010StarSpecLeadNominations</a></div><div><br></div><div>While you are thinking about it, I encourage you to consider nominating Emmanuel Bernard for JSR-303 (Bean Validation) as well. Emmanuel worked entirely in the open (forums, spec draft, blogs) and also selected the ASL for the implementation and TCK.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I believe that both Gavin and Emmanuel are very deserving of this award and I certainly hope that they are recognized for their leadership.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>
-Dan<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dan Allen<br>Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action<br>Registered Linux User #231597<br><br><a href="http://mojavelinux.com">http://mojavelinux.com</a><br><a href="http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction">http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction</a><br>
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