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The vote counter could cross-reference each vote against the IPMC roster, but we try to help him/her out by declaring the non/binding status when casting the vote. In this case, yours would be "+1 (non-binding)" Cheers, -g On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 7:02 AM, Ishan Khanna <ishan1...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 (binding) > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 6:52 AM, Hadrian Zbarcea <hzbar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > +1 (binding) > > > > Good luck! > > Hadrian > > > > > > On 12/10/2015 04:21 AM, Ross Gardler 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 > >> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Ishan Khanna > +91-9811934313 > Skype: boilingstocks >
