Re: licensing: I don't think it's related to the TLP status but the fact
that there is release at the ASF. That would put on record an apache
licensed version of the project (incubating or not).
Cheers,
Hadrian
On 02/08/2016 11:59 AM, Emmanuel Lécharny wrote:
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 !
