Greg, Thanks for starting this.
On Feb 18, 2014, at 534PM, Greg Trasuk <tras...@stratuscom.com> wrote: > > Hi all: > > Dennis has indicated that he’d be willing to contribute the Rio container to > River. Just to be clear, Rio is not just a container (its one small part of it). Rio proves alot of other capabilities that assist not only in the instantiation/deployment of services, but also in the development, testing, monitoring & management of services. Please check out http://www.rio-project.org for details. I'll be glad to answer questions here or over on Rio's mailing list if interested. > I suspect we all agree that this is a “Good Thing”. Feel free to discuss if > you have any reservations. > > I suggest that Rio would be setup as an additional deliverable alongside the > JTSK and any other sub projects we might create. It would be under the same > governance and PMC as River (hence isn’t really a “sub-project” per se), but > would be released separately from the core JTSK. Humm, I'm thinking it might be better as a sub-project. > We can figure out repositories, continuous integration, etc, as time goes on. > > So, what’s required? I for one, am not sure. Here’s what we know… > > - Rio is currently licensed under Apache Software License v2 > - Dennis is the primary author, and as a River Committer and PMC member, he > has an ICLA on file > - Large code donations may be subject to IP clearance (I think there may be > some interpretation room here, since Dennis is the main author and he’s under > ICLA). > - IP Clearance policy at Apache is covered here > http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html and here: > http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ip-clearance-template.html > > Here’s what we don’t know… > - The other authors are who? Does any corporation (Oracle, GigaSpaces?) have > any potential claim? All who have contributed are listed http://www.rio-project.org/team-list.html, as well as in the NOTICE.txt > - Do we need to go through the Incubator to accept this code contribution? > > Anyone on the list have experience in this? Should we ask the Incubator > (officially that’s who does IP clearance)? > > Cheers, > > Greg Trasuk. > > >
