[RESULT][VOTE] Accept Guacamole into the Apache incubator

[Jean-Baptiste Onofré <jb...@nanthrax.net>]

Hi all,

this vote passed with the following result:

+1 (binding): Olivier Lamy, Greg Trasuk, Jacques Nadeau, Jim Jagielski, 
Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Daniel Gruno

Thanks all for your vote.

Congrats to the Guacamole community and welcome aboard !

I will deal with infra to create the resources for the project.

Thanks again,
Regards
JB

On 02/02/2016 04:05 PM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The Guacamole proposal was discussed couple of weeks ago.
>
> The complete discussion thread is available here:
>
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201601.mbox/%3C56A5C8C3.7070701@guac-dev.org%3E
>
>
> As reminder the GuacamoleProposal is here:
>
> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/GuacamoleProposal
>
> As we received only positive feedbacks in the discussion thread, we
> think it's time to call for a vote to accept Guacamole into the Incubator.
>
> Please cast your vote to:
> [] +1 - accept Apache Guacamole as a new incubating project
> []  0 - not sure
> [] -1 - do not accept the Apache Guacamole project (because: ...)
>
> Thanks,
> Regards
> JB
>
> ----
> = GuacamoleProposal =
>
> == Abstract ==
>
> Guacamole is an enterprise-grade, protocol-agnostic, remote desktop
> gateway. Combined with cloud hosting, Guacamole provides an excellent
> alternative to traditional desktops. Guacamole aims to make cloud-hosted
> desktop access preferable to traditional, local access.
>
> == Background ==
>
> Guacamole began in 2010 as a personal project - a means for Mike Jumper
> to access to his own computer from work. Mike’s job at that time had a
> firewall which blocked outbound access to everything except HTTP and
> HTTPS, and directly circumventing the firewall (by changing the SSH
> server port, for example) was a fireable offense. Mike needed a solution
> which provided remote access and yet was a true web application. He
> found several projects providing text-based terminal access, but decided
> that he wanted to make something new and different.
>
> The project began as a simple VNC client but grew rapidly in capability
> and performance until it became an enterprise-grade, protocol-agnostic,
> remote desktop gateway supporting both VNC and RDP. Support for SSH was
> added later, followed by audio, file transfer, etc. By this point,
> Guacamole was fast and stable enough to be used daily and in place of a
> traditional desktop.
>
> Having used and developed Guacamole to its current state, and having
> observed the general shift of the industry toward cloud computing and
> related technologies, we now see Guacamole as the primary and only
> viable open source solution for a future of cloud-hosted desktops.
>
> Guacamole's purpose is twofold:
>
>   * To provide seamless and performant access to desktops over the web.
>   * To provide an API which allows others, including commercial
> entities, to integrate Guacamole's core into their own applications.
>
> We believe that the lifestyle enabled by Guacamole should be preferable
> to traditional, physically-anchored desktops, that the software enabling
> this should be 100% free in every sense of the word, and that users
> should not be limited by their current location, by the software
> installed on whatever computer they are using at the moment, nor by how
> powerful/weak the hardware of that computer happens to be.
>
> Guacamole is stable and production-ready. It is in active production use
> by several companies, including ESI, Glyptodon, HP, Nanocloud Software,
> as well as individuals.
>
> == Rationale ==
>
> Due to the utility and popularity of cloud platforms, a logical
> extension to traditional application hosting is to host complete
> desktops. The Guacamole project is aimed at achieving this, and we
> believe that the best way to fulfill the true potential of this project
> is to bring its development within Apache and, by so doing, foster a
> larger community and higher visibility. The resulting continuous
> improvements to its design and implementation will make Guacamole the
> best tool for the job for a wide variety of use cases.
>
> == Initial Goals ==
>
> Our initial goals are to bring Guacamole into the ASF, transition
> internal engineering processes into the open, and foster a collaborative
> development model according to the "Apache Way."
>
> == Current Status ==
>
> Guacamole is production-ready and already provides a large set of
> features. It is currently licensed under the MIT license, but will be
> relicensed under the Apache license if accepted for incubation.
>
> The source repositories are:
>
>   * https://github.com/glyptodon/guacamole-server
>   * https://github.com/glyptodon/guacamole-client
>
> == Meritocracy ==
>
> We intend to radically expand the initial developer and user community
> by running the project in accordance with the "Apache Way". Users and
> new contributors will be treated with respect and welcomed. By
> participating in the community and providing quality patches/support
> that move the project forward, they will earn merit. The community will
> also be encouraged to provide non-code contributions (documentation,
> events, community management, etc.) and will gain merit for doing so.
> Those with a proven support and quality track record will be encouraged
> to become committers.
>
> == Community ==
>
> If Guacamole is accepted for incubation, its primary initial goal will
> be to build a large community of users and developers. We trust that
> Guacamole will become a key project for cloud platforms, and thus expect
> its community to grow as word of the project continues to spread.
>
> == Known Risks ==
>
> Development has been sponsored mostly by one company. For the project to
> fully transition to the Apache Way governance model, development must
> shift towards the meritocracy-centric model of growing a balanced
> community of contributors.
>
> == Orphaned products ==
>
> Glyptodon, Nanocloud Software, and other companies are fully committed
> to Guacamole and have a vested interest in making Guacamole succeed by
> driving its close integration with sister ASF projects. Commercial
> reliance on Guacamole by third-party companies, as well as widespread
> public interest in cloud-based access as a whole, reduces the risk of
> the product being orphaned.
>
> == Inexperience with Open Source ==
>
> Glyptodon has been developing and using open source software since its
> inception in 2013. Additionally, several ASF veterans agreed to mentor
> the project and are listed in this proposal. The Guacamole project will
> rely on their guidance and collective wisdom to quickly transition the
> entire team of initial committers towards practicing the Apache Way.
>
> == Reliance on Salaried Developers ==
>
> Most of the contributors are paid to work in cloud space. While they
> might wander from their current employers, they are unlikely to venture
> far from their core expertises and thus will continue to be engaged with
> the project regardless of their current employers.
>
> == An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand ==
>
> Our primary interest in bringing Guacamole to Apache is to foster growth
> within the project and its community of developers and users. We have no
> plans to make use of the Apache brand in press releases, nor to
> advertise acceptance of Guacamole into Apache Incubator.
>
> == Required Resources ==
>
> === Mailing Lists ===
>
>   * private@guacamole.incubator.apache.org (moderated subscriptions)
>   * commits@guacamole.incubator.apache.org
>   * dev@guacamole.incubator.apache.org
>   * issues@guacamole.incubator.apache.org
>
> === Git Repository ===
>
>   * https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-guacamole.git
>
> === Issue Tracking ===
>
>   * JIRA Project Guacamole (GUAC)
>
> === Other Resources ===
>
>   * Means of setting up regular builds for Guacamole on builds.apache.org
>
> == Initial Committers ==
>
>   * Mike Jumper
>   * James Muehlner
>
> == Additional Interested Contributors ==
>
>   * Jim Jagielski
>   * Greg Trasuk
>
> == Affiliations ==
>
>   * Glyptodon : Mike Jumper, James Muehlner
>
> == Champion ==
>
>   * Jean-Baptiste Onofré (jbonofre@apache.org) - Apache Member
>
> == Mentors ==
>
>   * Jean-Baptiste Onofré (jbonofre@apache.org) - Apache Member
>   * Daniel Gruno (humbedooh@apache.org) - Apache Member
>   * Olivier Lamy (olamy@apache.org) - Apache Member
>   * Jim Jagielski (jim@apache.org) - Apache Member
>   * Greg Trasuk (gtrasuk@apache.org) - Apache Member
>
> == Sponsoring Entity ==
>
> We would like to propose Apache incubator to sponsor this project.
> ----

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Jean-Baptiste Onofré
jbonofre@apache.org
http://blog.nanthrax.net
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