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[STATUS] (incubator) Wed Apr 30 23:45:43 EDT 2003
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Last modified at [$Date: 2003/04/18 16:01:44 $]
The Incubation Process
======================
Identify the project to be incubated:
-- Make sure that the requested project name does not already exist
and check www.nameprotect.com to be sure that the name is not
already trademarked for an existing software product.
-- If request from an existing Apache project to adopt an external
package, then ask the Apache project for the cvs module and mail
address names.
-- If request from outside Apache to enter an existing Apache project,
then post a message to that project for them to decide on acceptance.
-- If request from anywhere to become a stand-alone PMC, then assess
the fit with the ASF, and create the lists and modules under the
incubator address/module names if accepted.
Interim responsibility:
-- Who has been identified as the shepherd for the incubation?
-- Are they tracking progress in the file
incubator/projects/{project_name}/STATUS
Copyright:
-- Have the papers that transfer rights to the ASF been received?
It is only necessary to transfer rights for the package, the
core code, and any new code produced by the project.
-- Have the files been updated to reflect the new ASF copyright?
Verify distribution rights:
-- For all code included with the distribution that is not under the
Apache license, do we have the right to combine with Apache-licensed
code and redistribute?
-- Is all source code distributed by the project covered by one or more
of the following approved licenses: Apache, BSD, Artistic, MIT/X,
MIT/W3C, MPL 1.1, or something with essentially the same terms?
Establish a list of active committers:
-- Are all active committers in the STATUS file?
-- Do they have accounts on cvs.apache.org?
-- Have they submitted a contributors agreement?
Infrastructure:
-- CVS modules created and committers added to avail file?
-- Mailing lists set up and archived?
-- Problem tracking system (Bugzilla)?
-- Has the project migrated to our infrastructure?
Collaborative Development:
-- Have all of the active long-term volunteers been identified
and acknowledged as committers on the project?
-- Are there three or more independent committers?
[The legal definition of independent is long and boring, but basically
it means that there is no binding relationship between the individuals,
such as a shared employer, that is capable of overriding their free
will as individuals, directly or indirectly.]
-- Are project decisions being made in public by the committers?
-- Are the decision-making guidelines published and agreed to by
all of the committers?
Organizational acceptance of responsibility for the project:
-- If graduating to an existing PMC, has the PMC voted to accept it?
-- If graduating to a new PMC, has the board voted to accept it?
Incubator sign-off:
-- Has the Incubator decided that the project has accomplished all
of the above tasks?
Incubator Project
=================
Background:
o See the bottom of this file for the official resolution/
charter-as-it-stands
o IRC channel #apache-incubator on irc.freenode.net
(traffic is SUPPOSED to be logged to
<URL:http://Source-Zone.Org/apache-irc/> so that
the content of interactive discussions is available
to everyone, but the logger isn't working)
o Mailing lists:
- general@incubator.apache.org (send to
general-subscribe@incubator.apache.org)
- pmc@incubator.apache.org (only for private communication)
No project decisions will be made on the PMC list.
o This status file is mailed to general@incubator.apache.org
every Wednesday
Project committers (as of 2003-03-29):
o incubator-core:
aaron,coar,fielding,fitz,gstein,hammant,jim,nicolaken,rubys,striker
o incubator and incubator-site:
{incubator-core},acoliver,bloritsch,dion,glongman,hlship,
jefft,jvanzyl,leif,leosimons,medgar,mindbridge,nclayton,proyal,
rana_b,rlewisshell,vinayc
o incubator-altrmi:
{incubator-core},acoliver,vinayc,leif,jefft,proyal,bloritsch
o incubator-ftpserver:
{incubator-core},rana_b,jvanzyl
Release:
none yet; still ramping up
Resolved Issues:
none yet; still ramping up
Pending issues:
o Coming up with a set of bylaws for the project
o the Website. Use Forrest?
Possible topics for educational documents
o A document which describes the 'ideal' way a project has to
go to be successfully integrated into the ASF: the flow of the
normal incubation process should be pictured
o Glossary of important ASF terms and phrases
(this was considered as very helpful on the reorg@ list)
o Compact, but also encyclopedic link-directory which points
to important info on the other ASF sites (e.g. to the Jakarta
Charter or to the HTTPd dev pages)
o General License-/Licensing documentation (ASL1.1, ASL2.2,
TCK, JSPA)
The complete text of the resolution that was passed which created this
project is:
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best
interests of the Foundation and consistent with the
Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management
Committee charged with accepting new products into the
Foundation, providing guidance and support to help each new
product engender their own collaborative community, educating
new developers in the philosophy and guidelines for
collaborative development as defined by the members of the
Foundation, and proposing to the board the promotion of such
products to independent PMC status once their community has
reached maturity.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Incubator PMC", be
and hereby is established pursuant to the Bylaws of the
Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache Incubator PMC be and hereby is
responsible for the acceptance and oversight of new products
submitted or proposed to become part of the Foundation; and be
it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache Incubator PMC is responsible for
providing guidance and ensuring that subprojects under its
purview develop products according to the Foundation's
philosophy and guidelines for collaborative development; and be
it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache Incubator PMC is responsible for
regularly evaluating products under its purview and making the
determination in each case of whether the product should be
abandoned, continue to receive guidance and support, or
proposed to the board for promotion to full project status as
part of an existing or new Foundation PMC; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Incubator"
be and hereby is created, the person holding such office to
serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair
of the Apache Incubator PMC, and to have primary responsibility
for management of the subprojects within the scope and
responsibility of the Apache Incubator PMC; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and
hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the
Apache Incubator PMC:
Aaron Bannert
Nicola Ken Barozzi
Ken Coar
Roy T. Fielding
B. W. Fitzpatrick
Jim Jagielski
Greg Stein
Sander Striker
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jim Jagielski be
and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache
Incubator, to serve in accordance with and subject to the
direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the
Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or
disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it
further
RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Incubator PMC be and hereby
is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to
encourage open development and increased participation in the
Apache Incubator Project.
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