Java Language Puzzle 3

Given the following source listing, explain why the compiler is producing a warning at invocation to the list method and give a solution for removing the warning without resorting to @SuppressWarnings annotation.

public class JavaLanguagePuzzle3
{
    public static void main( String[] args )
    {
        list( "1", 2, new BigDecimal( "3.5" ) );
    }
    
    private static <T> List<T> list( T... items )
    {
        return Arrays.asList( items );
    }
}

Warning:

Type safety: A generic array of Object&Serializable&Comparable<?> is created for a varargs parameter