Le 08/02/16 16:53, Carlos Perez a écrit : > Hi guys, > > While I completely understand the reasoning for the discussion to retire > OpenAXZ, and to be completely honest I was surprised it took this long), > it would be a real shame to see it just fade away into oblivion.
I Agree. > > That said, what does happen when a project never makes it to a TLP? From Apache POV, not a lot. We just shut down the mailing lists, and close the repos (no more writes allowed). > Does > it have a chance to be resuscitated later if it is deemed worthwhile and > has more interest? It's always a possibility. A very remote one, I have to say. The fact that in almost 2 years the project hasn't be able to attract any new contributors, and that almost no activity has been seen from the initial contributors make it unlikely that the project could make a come back. In 10 years, I haven't seen that happen. Not once. > Does the license revert back to AT&T? Good question. I can ask [email protected] about that. The fact that it didn't make it to a TLP might be relevant. For TLPs, the code base has been granted to The ASF and remains so, same for the name. > > XACML is a complicated spec and I can¹t say that I fully understand it > yet, but I think it solves a real problem (I just regret not having the > time personally to help push it along). That's the main issue : the fcat that it's a complex code base might be intimidating for many of the potential users. But IMHO, would it be really a critical brick of many IT systems, it *would* have attracted developpers. That raises the question of XACML as a useful technology. It as been around for more than 10 years now, and I'm not sure that it captured a lot of interest. But that may be just me... (and I *think* it could have been a big hit years ago. Not so sure nowadays.) Thanks !
