On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Gavin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > So, can someone tell me what the rules are regarding TLPs bringing in > subprojects directly to their TLP rather than coming through incubator?
To add to Bill's response, the general position is; 1. Any substantial codebase needs at least IP Clearance in Incubator, which is effectively just a record of where/when/how it came from, and an opportunity for Incubator PMC members to have a look and make sure that there is no flagrant IP issues. 2. If there is no additional 'community', for instance a single developer contributing the work into a project, and if the TLP PMC is comfortable to take on that codebase with or without such contributor as new committer, then that is Ok. 3. If the TLP is not interested in taking ownership of the codebase, but there are people within the TLP who are interested, then we recommend Incubation for the codebase+community even if the community is effectively just exising Apache committers (example Ace). Cheers -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
