+1 (binding) Very interesting project.
-Flavio > On 10 Dec 2015, at 19:22, Luciano Resende <luckbr1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1 (binding) > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 1:21 AM, Ross Gardler <ross.gard...@microsoft.com> > wrote: > >> I would like to call a vote on accepting the Fineract project into the >> Apache Incubator. The proposal is pasted below and posted at >> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/FineractProposal >> >> The vote will run for at least 72hrs >> >> [ ] +1 Accept Fineract into the Apache Incubator >> [ ] +/-0 Fine, go ahead >> [ ] -1 Do not accept Fineract because [your fully justified reason for >> objection] >> >> Thanks, >> Ross >> >> = Fineract Proposal = >> >> == Abstract == >> >> Fineract (\’fīn-,ə-ˌrakt\: A hypercube for digital financial services) is >> an open source system for core banking as a platform. Fineract provides a >> reliable, robust, and affordable solution for entrepreneurs, financial >> institutions, and service providers to offer financial services to the >> world’s 2 billion under and unbanked. >> >> == Proposal == >> >> The aim of this proposal is to bring the Mifos X codebase and community >> under the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) umbrella in order to help >> coordinate the development effort of the growing number of organizations >> which contribute to it, and give it the confidence of the neutral, >> transparent, and open source governance policy of the ASF. >> >> The name Mifos X will remain the property of the Mifos Initiative (a US >> based 501(c)(3)) and will be used for a specific distribution of the >> Fineract code. All development efforts of the Mifos Initiative will be >> transferred to the Fineract project. >> >> == Background == >> >> Mifos X is a mature and robust platform that provides loan, savings, and >> business management functionality based on market proofed requirements. The >> project was started in 2006 at the Grameen Foundation, initially creating >> the Generation One solutions of Mifos 1 and Mifos 2, the industry’s first >> open source and web-based MIS, to support the Joint Liability Group (JLG) >> lending methodology created by Mohammed Yunus, which gained him and the >> Grameen Bank the Nobel Peace Prize for his financial work in 2006. >> >> In 2011 the independent Mifos Initiative, a 501(c)(3), was founded with >> two goals: >> 1. Create the Generation Two solution Mifos X, an extensible API-driven >> platform purpose built for Financial Inclusion >> 2. Build and govern an open source community of users, developers, and >> service providers committed to using Mifos X for Financial Inclusion. >> >> Since then a worldwide community of users, partners, and volunteers has >> grown that utilizes, develops, and supports Mifos X. More than 40 partners >> from Africa, India, China, South-East Asia and Latin America, with over 120 >> deployments and 3.5 million clients, have enhanced the platform based on >> regional requirements and national regulatories. >> >> == Rationale == >> >> Financial Inclusion - providing financial services to the world’s 2 >> billion under and unbanked, enabling them to become a part of the global >> economy - requires an affordable, reliable, scalable, and robust solution. >> >> The adoption of mobile solutions and digital financial services is >> increasing at an incredible pace and has led to an influx of new >> innovators, financial institutions, and service providers into the >> Financial Inclusion space and into the Mifos community which is growing at >> an accelerating rate year-over-year since 2012. >> >> Our rationale for joining the ASF is that as an Apache project we can >> better manage the growth and governance of our community and provide the >> community the confidence of sustainable long-term open source management, >> which strengthens their commitment and continues the growth of our vibrant, >> diverse community, collectively innovating around a single codebase, >> sharing the social mission to eliminate poverty. >> >> == Initial Goals == >> >> The initial goals of the Fineract transition under the ASF umbrella are to >> establish a new home for an already fully functioning project, and also >> make sure that the entire development community governs itself in the >> Apache Way. >> >> In addition, we will ensure: >> 1. All dependencies are compliant with the Apache License and the ASFs >> licensing policies. >> a. To become compliant a refactoring of the reporting module is >> necessary to be able to swap out the Pentaho Reporting Engine. This work >> will be undertaken during incubation. >> 2. Ongoing development based on our collaboratively established 2016 >> roadmap, and bring the process into the Apache Way. >> 3. Creating releases per Apache guidelines. >> >> == Current Status == >> >> === Meritocracy === >> >> We already have attributes of meritocracy embedded in our community. >> * We have a developer email list which identifies active community >> members who then become committers . >> * On the user email list new features are introduced and discussed, >> forming the product roadmap, and prioritization is based on merit and need. >> * We have successfully graduated 13 Google Summer of Code interns, many of >> whom have become long-term committers and developers to the project. >> >> === Community === >> >> There are more than a hundred developers within an active developer >> mailing list. We have a large and growing installed base of users >> (financial institutions) and a diverse eco-system of regional service >> partners who support and deploy Mifos in their communities, and solution >> partners who have built financial inclusion solutions on top of Mifos. The >> community has held three annual conferences (2012, 2013, and 2015) where >> the community gathers to connect implementers with developers, sharing >> their knowledge to collaboratively build innovative solutions. >> >> If Fineract is accepted by the Incubator, transitioning the community to >> embrace the Apache Way of governance would be a primary initial goal. We >> will solicit major existing developers to become committers on the project >> from the beginning. >> >> === Core Developers === >> >> The core developers are a diverse group of individuals already very >> experienced in open source development. >> >> Edward Cable is a co-founder of the Mifos Initiative, and has established >> the current community and governance model, Sander van der Heijden is the >> CTO of Musoni Services, one of the first companies to create a commercial >> product on top of the platform, that is completely mobile-based, and Markus >> Geiss started as a volunteer and was appointed Chief Architect this year. >> >> A broad base of committers around the Mifos developer team from Conflux >> Technologies is made up of volunteers (e.g. Michael Vorburger, Product >> Manager Design Studio at Temenos AG, Ishan Khanna a graduate student at >> Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, or Terence Monteiro, Founder & >> Director of SanJose Foundation) supporting and guiding contributors, and >> governing the code base. >> >> === Alignment === >> >> Transition to ASF is a natural progression towards collaborative software >> development and commercial-friendly standard licensing. Brian Behlendorf >> and Zaheda Bhorat, both open source community leaders, in their role as >> advisors for the Mifos Initiative, helped us to establish a community that >> shares a vision based on a philosophy that is well aligned with the Apache >> Way. >> >> == Known Risks == >> >> === Orphaned products === >> >> The community proposing Fineract for incubation is a strong and vibrant >> open source project with a large installed base of users that is growing at >> an increasing rate year-over-year from 2011 through 2015. In addition to >> the commitment from the non-profit Mifos Initiative to move its development >> efforts to the Fineract project, the size and diversity of the community is >> a guarantee against the project being orphaned. >> >> === Inexperience with Open Source === >> >> We have managed Mifos as an open source project since inception. Every >> release has been open source. We have open source community processes, such >> as a developer mailing list, community conference calls, a collaborative >> and transparent product roadmap, and an annual developer conference open to >> all. >> >> Our leadership has extensive open source experience. Our chairman, Paul >> Maritz, was CEO of VMWare and CEO of Pivotal where he lead open source >> initiatives at both companies. At Pivotal, he championed the Spring open >> source framework and directed 3 Pivotal projects into Apache projects, >> including Geode, HAWQ, and MADlib. >> >> Our board member Dave Neary has spent 4 years with Red Hat, building their >> open source developer community, and is a member of the GNOME Foundation >> since 2004. >> >> === Homogenous Developers === >> >> The initial group of committers is heterogeneous when it comes to >> corporate affiliations. The community is extremely diverse in terms of >> geography, the backgrounds of developers, and the diversity of roles they >> play in the community, such as users, regional support partners, and >> solution partners. Since its inception, the entire community has >> contributed to the software across a distributed and transparent >> infrastructure and environment. >> >> === Reliance on Salaried Developers === >> >> Our developer community consists of a mix of salaried developers who are >> committed to the code base and volunteers. >> >> The salaried developers work for (i) the Mifos Initiative, a 501(c)(3) >> non-profit; (ii) financial institutions that use Mifos X; (iii) regional >> service providers committed to financial inclusion that deploy and support >> Mifos X in their communities; or (iv) solution partners that build and >> distribute custom solutions on top of Mifos X. >> >> We also have pure volunteers who contribute, often through hackathons and >> corporate social responsibility programs such as Benetech’s Social Coding 4 >> Good, LinkedIn’s Day for Good, Google’s GoogleServe, ThoughtWorks Social >> Impact Program, and VMware Take 3 Sabbatical program. >> >> This diversity of roles and developers adds to the sustainability of the >> project. >> >> === Relationships with Other Apache Products === >> >> Currently we are utilizing some Apache projects, like Tomcat, POI, >> commons-lang, or HttpComponents, there are no additional relationships >> right now. In 2016 further Apache projects, like Apache OpenJPA, and Apache >> Geode, will be introduced to the project. >> >> The platform is built on top of the Spring Framework, utilizing multiple >> modules, like Spring Data, Spring Web, or Spring Security. >> >> === An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === >> >> While we respect the reputation of the Apache brand we see a benefit for >> both sides. We bring a stable and mature community with a deep rooted >> social mission and are able to give Fineract a solid home as an open source >> project following an established development model. >> >> == Documentation == >> >> Information about Mifos X can be found at >> https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/MIFOSX/Welcome+to+Mifos+X. >> >> == Initial Source == >> >> Initial source is available on GitHub under the MPLv2 at >> https://github.com/openMF/mifosx. >> >> == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == >> >> The Mifos Initiative owns all copyright to all contributions and has the >> legal right to sign the ASF Software Grant Agreement. As soon as Fineract >> is approved to join Apache Incubator, the source code will be transitioned >> via the Software Grant Agreement onto ASF infrastructure and in turn made >> available under the Apache License, version 2.0. >> >> == External Dependencies == >> >> || '''Vendor''' || '''Library''' || '''License''' || '''Compatible''' || >> || Amazon.com, Inc. || AWS Java SDK || AL v2 || yes || >> || Apache Software Foundation || Commons || AL v2 || yes || >> || Apache Software Foundation || Tomcat || AL v2 || yes || >> || Apache Software Foundation || POI || AL v2 || yes || >> || Apache Software Foundation || HTTPClient || AL v2 || yes || >> || Ben Fortuna || iCal4j || BSD 3-clause || yes || >> || Boxfuse GmbH || Flyway DB || AL v2 || yes || >> || Bruce Dunwiddie^1^ || JavaCSV || LGPL v2.1 || no || >> || Google, Inc. || gson || AL v2 || yes || >> || Google, Inc. || guava || AL v2 || yes || >> || iText Group NV || iText || MPL v1.1 || yes || >> || Jayway || JsonPath || AL v2 || yes || >> || Jayway || RESTassured || AL v2 || yes || >> || JUnit || JUnit || EPL v1 || yes || >> || Michael Vorburger || MariaDB4J || AL v2 || yes || >> || Oracle, Corp. || JAX-RS || CDDL v1 || yes || >> || Oracle, Corp. || Jersey || CDDL v1.1 || yes || >> || Oracle, Corp.^2^ || MySQL Connector/J || GPL v2 || no || >> || Pentaho, Corp.^3^ || Reporting Engine || LGPL v2.1 || no || >> || Pentaho, Corp.^3^ || Reporting Library || LGPL v2.1 || no || >> || Pivotal Software, Inc. || Spring Boot || AL v2 || yes || >> || Pivotal Software, Inc. || Spring Framework || AL v2 || yes || >> || Pivotal Software, Inc. || Spring Security || AL v2 || yes || >> || Sam Pullar || Mustache || AL v2 || yes || >> || Square, Inc. || retrofit || AL v2 || yes || >> || Square, Inc. || okhttp || AL v2 || yes || >> || Stephen Colebourne || Joda-Time || AL v2 || yes || >> || Szczepan Faber || Mockito || MIT || yes || >> || Terracotta, Inc || Quartz || AL v2 || yes || >> || Terracotta, Inc || Ehache || AL v2 || yes || >> * ^1^ = can be removed >> * ^2^ = can be replaced >> * ^3^ = need an abstraction on our side to become replaceable >> >> == Cryptography == >> >> The only cryptography included by the project will be via library >> inclusion, and will be used to encrypt stored user data on mobile devices >> and in cloud storages. >> >> == Required Resources == >> >> === Mailing lists === >> >> * priv...@fineract.incubator.apache.org (moderated subscriptions) >> * comm...@fineract.incubator.apache.org >> * d...@fineract.incubator.apache.org >> * u...@fineract.incubator.apache.org >> >> === Git Repository === >> >> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fineract.git >> >> === Issue Tracking === >> >> JIRA Project Fineract (FINERACT) >> >> === Other Resources === >> >> * Project website (http://fineract.incubator.apache.org) >> * Fineract Wiki pages ( >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT) >> >> == Initial Committers == >> >> ''The following list comprises the current long term committers and does >> not contain occasional developers.'' >> >> * Vishwas Babu AJ (vishwas at confluxtechnologies dot com) >> * Edward Cable (edcable at mifos dot org) >> * Andrew Dzakpasu (andrewdzakpasu at musoni dot eu) >> * Markus Geiss (mgeiss at mifos dot org) >> * Sander van der Heijden (sander at musoni dot eu) >> * Ishan Khanna (ishan1604 at gmail dot com) >> * Myrle Krantz (mkrantz at mifos dot org) >> * Terence Monteiro (terence at sanjosesolutions dot in) >> * Adi Nayaran Raju (adi dot raju at confluxtechnologies dot com) >> * Gaurav Saini (gsaini at apache dot org) >> * Nazeer Hussain Shaik (nazeer dot shaik at confluxtechnologies dot com) >> * Michael Vorburger (mike at vorburger dot ch) >> >> == Affiliations == >> >> * Vishwas Babu AJ (Conflux Technologies) >> * Ed Cable (The Mifos Initiative) >> * Andrew Dzakpasu (Musoni Systems) >> * Markus Geiss (The Mifos Initiative) >> * Sander van der Heijden (Musoni Systems) >> * Myrle Krantz (The Mifos Initiative) >> * Terence Monteiro (SanJose Foundation) >> * Adi Nayaran Raju (Conflux Technologies) >> * Nazeer Hussain Shaik (Conflux Technologies) >> >> == Sponsors == >> >> === Champion === >> >> Ross Gardler >> >> === Nominated Mentors === >> * Ross Gardler >> * Roman Shaposhnik >> * Greg Stein >> >> === Sponsoring Entity === >> Incubator PMC >> >> > > > -- > Luciano Resende > http://people.apache.org/~lresende > http://twitter.com/lresende1975 > http://lresende.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
