Hi, Just one more note about this, with my incubation mentor hat on: if the people currently active on DeviceMap want to move it outside of Apache, that's perfectly possible.
Apache owns the DeviceMap name, so doing so would require changing the project's name, to clearly disconnect it from Apache. That might be negotiable as DeviceMap is still in incubation and hasn't done any releases, but a new name is probably easier. IMO it's better if the project can stay at Apache, finish incubation by doing at least one release and form a PMC that has at least 4-5 active members to create a minimally viable project. Apache is a great neutral place for the kind of code and data that DeviceMap maintains, but you need 3 active PMC members to be able to vote on things like releases and new committers and PMC members. As people are not always present, to graduate the Incubator usually requires 4-5 PMC members. I am willing to stay on that PMC if needed to oversee things, but won't be active on the code or data gathering work this year due to a change in my work priorities. I'm also willing to help make the necessary contacts for infrastructure (data collection website), moving to Git etc. within my limited availability. OTOH, if people think moving to github will help DeviceMap flourish, so be it! The project can always come back later via incubation once a community is formed, and the existing code can be forked as per the Apache license, as long as it's suitably adapted (java package names should not be apache.org, etc.) DeviceMap has been in incubation since more than 2 years, I guess it's time to either ramp up the activity to graduate, or decide to move elsewhere to create an initial community. So, Reza, Eberhard, Werner and maybe others, what's your preference? -Bertrand
