[SPARK-17418] Spark release must NOT distribute Kinesis related assembly artifact

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.2, 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.3, 2.0.1, 2.1.0
• Component/s: Build, DStreams
• Target Version/s: 2.0.1
• Assignee: Josh Rosen
• Reporter: Luciano Resende
• Created: 06/Sep/16 19:46
• Updated: 21/Sep/16 18:43
• Resolved: 21/Sep/16 18:43

Description

The Kinesis streaming connector is based on the Amazon Software License, and based on the Apache Legal resolved issues (http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x) it's not allowed to be distributed by Apache projects.

More details is available in LEGAL-198

Issue Links

• is related to: SPARK-17422 Verify that Ganglia, Kinesis (non-assembly) artifacts can be distributed.
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #14981 (lresende)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #15167 (JoshRosen)