On October 16, 2002 the Board of Directors voted to establish the Incubator PMC:
There were two drafts and this is the one that passed and I see nothing here
about compliance. It is about guidance of “products"
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.
Note that four of the initial members have served as the Chair of the
Foundation including our current Board Chair.
I would like to understand the original intent with respect to the balance
between community and legal policy. I don’t recall a set of Bylaws, but that
sounds like the Board delegating policy to the IPMC.
Best,
Dave
> On Sep 4, 2026, at 9:19 AM, Justin Mclean <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> An IPMC-approved podling release is an ASF release, and every ASF release
> must comply with ASF licensing policy. Changing that requires the board.
>
> Infra has an official policy covering other platforms [1]. Under "Other
> release platforms": "Projects can distribute PMC-approved artifacts on ASF
> managed distribution platforms and other distribution platforms as long as
> those binaries comply with ASF release, licensing, branding and trademark
> policies.”
>
> The Incubator guide says the same for podlings [2]: "Convenience binaries
> must be made from IPMC-approved ASF releases.”
>
> Kind regards,
> Justin
>
> [1] https://infra.apache.org/release-distribution.html
> [2] https://incubator.apache.org/guides/distribution.html
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