On Sat, May 09, 2015 at 02:28PM, Stefan Reich wrote: > Hi incubators! :-) > > I'd like to find a home for the "JavaX" project (http://javax.tinybrain.de). > > JavaX is a super-extensible version of Java. > > It's probably the easiest way to extend any language existing right now. > Translators for language extensions are collected in a central repository > for everyone to use. > > JavaX's current download is 18k (very compact), yet it does all I need it > to do thanks to the flexible translation architecture that downloads > language extensions from the repository on the fly. > > (There is certainly stuff to add though, like support for Windows.) > > We also have a little user group in Hamburg ( > http://meetup.com/JavaX-User-Group/). > > If Apache is interested, I'd have the following offer: As far as I am > concerned, Apache can proceed in any way the like. You can subject the > language to an organisational process, install stewards, publish the > language and so on. The stewards don't even have to be or include me. :-)
Do you want to come to the Apache and build a community of like-minded people to advance the project further? If so - the Incubator is the right place to start. If you simply want to donate the code: as Ted said Apache won't simply "take over" :) > The one thing I require is that I retain the right to do the same thing - > publish and talk about the language by myself, call my products JavaX and > so on. That's totally permitted under the ASL2.0 terms. There're some restrictions on how the Apache project names could be used, but that's pretty much all. E.g. you can make a project Bar that include Apache Foo and call it "Apache Foo". However, you can totally say Bar including (or powered by) Apache Foo. > So there might be a split, but I wouldn't even find that bad. > > If there is no split and we all collaborate - that is also acceptable. I > don't know if I want to be an official part of the ASF or so... that is why > I propose that other way of you actually doing what you want. > > Of course I always like to advise, but as I said, you as a foundation could > even "grab" the whole language and call it yours. I am a very open person. Are you working alone on the project? Do you have any other contributors to the code base? Perhaps it might be a good seed for the new community? Hope it helps a bit. Cos > > Tell me if and how you'd all like to proceed :-) > > All the best, > Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
