Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
On Jan 31, 2008 3:44 PM, Martijn Dashorst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +1. How does the license of erlang (Erlang Public License, which is a Mozilla PL derivative) affect this project? If we don't bundle Erlang itself (and I presume that we will not), then not at all. After all, we have plenty of Java projects at the ASF which depend on a proprietary (at the time, and as of this writing, not yet released in an open source license) runtime. The fact that the Erlang Public License is a MPL derivative may, in fact, give us additional options, should we want to bundle it. Again, I don't presume that we will want to do that, but given the proper NOTICEs, inclusion of Erlang binaries may be a possibility. - Sam Ruby - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
On Jan 31, 2008, at 10:40 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: The original source for this proposal can be found at http://www.couchdbwiki.com/index.php?title=Apache_Incubator_Proposal and a current snapshot is attached below. Once we have established that there is interest, my plan is to move this content over to wiki.apache.org/incubator as a [PROPOSAL]. I've been watching CouchDB since September, and believe that it would fit well in the ASF. My preference is that it exits as a top level project, mainly due to my experience with umbrella PMCs, but I would otherwise not be adverse to it joining the DB project. We certainly do not need to decide this now. ++1. I throw my hat in to Mentor if you still need people. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
A big +1, I like the approach a lot. I can serve as a mentor if needed, even if I expect a fast incubation process for the project. I have been following it via Sam, and I have run the subversion code and got impressed on how simple the API is yet how powerful the concepts are. Regards Santiago On Feb 1, 2008 3:19 PM, Jim Jagielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 31, 2008, at 10:40 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: The original source for this proposal can be found at http://www.couchdbwiki.com/index.php?title=Apache_Incubator_Proposal and a current snapshot is attached below. Once we have established that there is interest, my plan is to move this content over to wiki.apache.org/incubator as a [PROPOSAL]. I've been watching CouchDB since September, and believe that it would fit well in the ASF. My preference is that it exits as a top level project, mainly due to my experience with umbrella PMCs, but I would otherwise not be adverse to it joining the DB project. We certainly do not need to decide this now. ++1. I throw my hat in to Mentor if you still need people. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
On Jan 31, 2008 7:40 AM, Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The original source for this proposal can be found at http://www.couchdbwiki.com/index.php?title=Apache_Incubator_Proposal and a current snapshot is attached below. Once we have established that there is interest, my plan is to move this content over to wiki.apache.org/incubator as a [PROPOSAL]. I've been watching CouchDB since September, and believe that it would fit well in the ASF. My preference is that it exits as a top level project, mainly due to my experience with umbrella PMCs, but I would otherwise not be adverse to it joining the DB project. We certainly do not need to decide this now. The proposal looks good to me. Nice to see CouchDB in particular and some Erlang code in general coming here. Cheers, Matthieu - Sam Ruby Project Name: CouchDB - ==Proposal== The goal is to create either an Apache top level project, or a db subproject, around the existing CouchDB open source project. Key Features: * a REST API using JSON for data transport, * a JavaScript view engine based on Mozilla Spidermonkey, * a GNU Autotools build system supporting most POSIX systems * a built-in administration interface * experimental fulltext search with Lucene ===Rationale=== The goals of the project are aligned with the goals of the ASF, namely there is interest in (continuing to) foster a collaborative, consensus based development process, using an open and pragmatic software license, and a desire to create high quality software that leads the way in its field. ===Initial goals=== * Features for next release ** Incremental reduce support, for full map/reduce support. ** Document validation model (validate live and replicated changes) ** Documentation, Documentation, Documentation ** Fulltext Search * Priority feature work ** Live compaction ** Extensible security model ** LDAP authentication ** More query capabilities exposed to HTTP, e.g. multi-key view lookups * Future feature work ** Server storage partioning ** Server failover clustering * Requested Features ** hierarchical structure in documents ==Current Status== ===Meritocracy=== The project has recently transformed from being primarily a single person led (and funded) project to one with a number of diverse participants. Development has been coordinated primarily through a mailing list, with some IRC. ===Community=== The community consists of a set of independent developers, one of which recently joined IBM ===Initial Developers=== * William Beh * Damien Katz * Jan Lehnardt * Christopher Lenz * Dirk Schalge * Noah Slater ===Alignment=== A database server with a strong focus on HTTP and REST principles. ===Known Risks=== * Dependency on Erlang ** Including some modifications to the HTTP server stack. The plan is to convert over to [http://code.google.com/p/mochiweb/ MochiWeb] (MIT licenced) * Dependency on Mozilla SpiderMonkey ** Including small modifications, to be sent back to Mozilla ===Orphaned Products=== * This is a new effort, and is far from being orphaned. ===Inexperience with Open Source=== All participants are active users and contributors to open source. One of them (Christopher Lenz) has experience as committer on other Apache projects. ===Homogenous Developers=== The exiting committers are spread over a number of countries and employers. ===Reliance on Salaried Developers=== Only one developer is being paid to work on CouchDB. Read [http://damienkatz.net/2008/01/faq_about_couch.html his views] on the relationship he has with his employer. ===Relationships with Other Apache Products=== Experimental usage of Lucene ===An excessive fascination with the Apache brand=== This product started out independent of Apache and under a GPL license. After discussions with a number of people within IBM, Damien Katz agreed to pursue both incubation at the ASF, and employment at IBM ==Documentation== ===Initial Source=== Resides on [http://code.google.com/p/couchdb/ Google Code]. The code has been recently relicensed from GPL to the Apache License, Version 2.0, in anticipation of this submission. ===Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan=== The bulk of the core code was written by Damien Katz. Major contributions include: a GNU Autotools build system supporting most POSIX systems contributed by Noah Slater, a built-in administration interface provided by Christopher Lenz, and experimental fulltext search with Lucene by Jan Lehnardt. ICLAs either have been, or are in the process of being, submitted for all code involved in this submission. ICLA's are already on file for: * Jan Lehnardt * Christopher Lenz ICLA's in progress: * William Beh * Damien Katz * Dirk Schalge * Noah Slater There are a few (as in single digit) number of files that we are continuing to sort through the licenses. These include Public Domain, X
Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
Hi, On Jan 31, 2008 5:40 PM, Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The goal is to create either an Apache top level project, or a db subproject, around the existing CouchDB open source project. Brilliant, I knew it! (see comment #3 in [1] :-) It's good so see more semi-structured storage solutions coming to Apache. I'd be interested in mentoring, but with PDFBox and potentially something about WebDAV coming up I'm afraid I probably won't have enough cycles for CouchDB. [1] http://dev.day.com/microsling/content/blogs/main/yourdataisyourserver.html BR, Jukka Zitting - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
I volunteer to help mentor this project. Paul -- Paul Fremantle Chair, Apache Synapse PMC On Jan 31, 2008 4:29 PM, Luciano Resende [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds very interesting. I'd certainly watch this project and contribute to it if time permits. On Jan 31, 2008 8:10 AM, Jukka Zitting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Jan 31, 2008 5:40 PM, Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The goal is to create either an Apache top level project, or a db subproject, around the existing CouchDB open source project. Brilliant, I knew it! (see comment #3 in [1] :-) It's good so see more semi-structured storage solutions coming to Apache. I'd be interested in mentoring, but with PDFBox and potentially something about WebDAV coming up I'm afraid I probably won't have enough cycles for CouchDB. [1] http://dev.day.com/microsling/content/blogs/main/yourdataisyourserver.html BR, Jukka Zitting - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Luciano Resende Apache Tuscany Committer http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://lresende.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: The original source for this proposal can be found at http://www.couchdbwiki.com/index.php?title=Apache_Incubator_Proposal I think this would be a fantastic addition to Apache. Would love to help, so let me know if you're interested in another mentor. Thanks, -- Gianugo Rabellino Sourcesense - making sense of Open Source: http://www.sourcesense.com Blogging at http://boldlyopen.com/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
Sounds very interesting. I'd certainly watch this project and contribute to it if time permits. On Jan 31, 2008 8:10 AM, Jukka Zitting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Jan 31, 2008 5:40 PM, Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The goal is to create either an Apache top level project, or a db subproject, around the existing CouchDB open source project. Brilliant, I knew it! (see comment #3 in [1] :-) It's good so see more semi-structured storage solutions coming to Apache. I'd be interested in mentoring, but with PDFBox and potentially something about WebDAV coming up I'm afraid I probably won't have enough cycles for CouchDB. [1] http://dev.day.com/microsling/content/blogs/main/yourdataisyourserver.html BR, Jukka Zitting - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Luciano Resende Apache Tuscany Committer http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://lresende.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The original source for this proposal can be found at http://www.couchdbwiki.com/index.php?title=Apache_Incubator_Proposal and a current snapshot is attached below. Once we have established that there is interest, my plan is to move this content over to wiki.apache.org/incubator as a [PROPOSAL]. I've been watching CouchDB since September, and believe that it would fit well in the ASF. My preference is that it exits as a top level project, mainly due to my experience with umbrella PMCs, but I would otherwise not be adverse to it joining the DB project. We certainly do not need to decide this now. +1 I really wish I had the time to help mentor this directly, but instead I'll probably have to lurk on the list. CouchDB caught my eye back in March of last year, but Damien had just joined MySQL at the time and wasn't interested in changing the license from GPL. Glad to see it make it to the incubator. -- J Aaron Farr jadetower.com[US] +1 724-964-4515 馮傑仁 cubiclemuses.com [HK] +852 8123-7905 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
+1 -- I am very excited to see this and think it will be good for CouchDB. -Brian On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The original source for this proposal can be found at http://www.couchdbwiki.com/index.php?title=Apache_Incubator_Proposal and a current snapshot is attached below. Once we have established that there is interest, my plan is to move this content over to wiki.apache.org/incubator as a [PROPOSAL]. I've been watching CouchDB since September, and believe that it would fit well in the ASF. My preference is that it exits as a top level project, mainly due to my experience with umbrella PMCs, but I would otherwise not be adverse to it joining the DB project. We certainly do not need to decide this now. - Sam Ruby Project Name: CouchDB - ==Proposal== The goal is to create either an Apache top level project, or a db subproject, around the existing CouchDB open source project. Key Features: * a REST API using JSON for data transport, * a JavaScript view engine based on Mozilla Spidermonkey, * a GNU Autotools build system supporting most POSIX systems * a built-in administration interface * experimental fulltext search with Lucene ===Rationale=== The goals of the project are aligned with the goals of the ASF, namely there is interest in (continuing to) foster a collaborative, consensus based development process, using an open and pragmatic software license, and a desire to create high quality software that leads the way in its field. ===Initial goals=== * Features for next release ** Incremental reduce support, for full map/reduce support. ** Document validation model (validate live and replicated changes) ** Documentation, Documentation, Documentation ** Fulltext Search * Priority feature work ** Live compaction ** Extensible security model ** LDAP authentication ** More query capabilities exposed to HTTP, e.g. multi-key view lookups * Future feature work ** Server storage partioning ** Server failover clustering * Requested Features ** hierarchical structure in documents ==Current Status== ===Meritocracy=== The project has recently transformed from being primarily a single person led (and funded) project to one with a number of diverse participants. Development has been coordinated primarily through a mailing list, with some IRC. ===Community=== The community consists of a set of independent developers, one of which recently joined IBM ===Initial Developers=== * William Beh * Damien Katz * Jan Lehnardt * Christopher Lenz * Dirk Schalge * Noah Slater ===Alignment=== A database server with a strong focus on HTTP and REST principles. ===Known Risks=== * Dependency on Erlang ** Including some modifications to the HTTP server stack. The plan is to convert over to [http://code.google.com/p/mochiweb/ MochiWeb] (MIT licenced) * Dependency on Mozilla SpiderMonkey ** Including small modifications, to be sent back to Mozilla ===Orphaned Products=== * This is a new effort, and is far from being orphaned. ===Inexperience with Open Source=== All participants are active users and contributors to open source. One of them (Christopher Lenz) has experience as committer on other Apache projects. ===Homogenous Developers=== The exiting committers are spread over a number of countries and employers. ===Reliance on Salaried Developers=== Only one developer is being paid to work on CouchDB. Read [http://damienkatz.net/2008/01/faq_about_couch.html his views] on the relationship he has with his employer. ===Relationships with Other Apache Products=== Experimental usage of Lucene ===An excessive fascination with the Apache brand=== This product started out independent of Apache and under a GPL license. After discussions with a number of people within IBM, Damien Katz agreed to pursue both incubation at the ASF, and employment at IBM ==Documentation== ===Initial Source=== Resides on [http://code.google.com/p/couchdb/ Google Code]. The code has been recently relicensed from GPL to the Apache License, Version 2.0, in anticipation of this submission. ===Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan=== The bulk of the core code was written by Damien Katz. Major contributions include: a GNU Autotools build system supporting most POSIX systems contributed by Noah Slater, a built-in administration interface provided by Christopher Lenz, and experimental fulltext search with Lucene by Jan Lehnardt. ICLAs either have been, or are in the process of being, submitted for all code involved in this submission. ICLA's are already on file for: * Jan Lehnardt * Christopher Lenz ICLA's in progress: * William Beh * Damien Katz * Dirk Schalge * Noah Slater There are a few (as in single digit) number of files that we are continuing to sort through the licenses. These include Public Domain, X Consortium, and MITish licenses.
Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
+1. How does the license of erlang (Erlang Public License, which is a Mozilla PL derivative) affect this project? Martijn On 1/31/08, Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The original source for this proposal can be found at http://www.couchdbwiki.com/index.php?title=Apache_Incubator_Proposal and a current snapshot is attached below. Once we have established that there is interest, my plan is to move this content over to wiki.apache.org/incubator as a [PROPOSAL]. I've been watching CouchDB since September, and believe that it would fit well in the ASF. My preference is that it exits as a top level project, mainly due to my experience with umbrella PMCs, but I would otherwise not be adverse to it joining the DB project. We certainly do not need to decide this now. - Sam Ruby Project Name: CouchDB - ==Proposal== The goal is to create either an Apache top level project, or a db subproject, around the existing CouchDB open source project. Key Features: * a REST API using JSON for data transport, * a JavaScript view engine based on Mozilla Spidermonkey, * a GNU Autotools build system supporting most POSIX systems * a built-in administration interface * experimental fulltext search with Lucene ===Rationale=== The goals of the project are aligned with the goals of the ASF, namely there is interest in (continuing to) foster a collaborative, consensus based development process, using an open and pragmatic software license, and a desire to create high quality software that leads the way in its field. ===Initial goals=== * Features for next release ** Incremental reduce support, for full map/reduce support. ** Document validation model (validate live and replicated changes) ** Documentation, Documentation, Documentation ** Fulltext Search * Priority feature work ** Live compaction ** Extensible security model ** LDAP authentication ** More query capabilities exposed to HTTP, e.g. multi-key view lookups * Future feature work ** Server storage partioning ** Server failover clustering * Requested Features ** hierarchical structure in documents ==Current Status== ===Meritocracy=== The project has recently transformed from being primarily a single person led (and funded) project to one with a number of diverse participants. Development has been coordinated primarily through a mailing list, with some IRC. ===Community=== The community consists of a set of independent developers, one of which recently joined IBM ===Initial Developers=== * William Beh * Damien Katz * Jan Lehnardt * Christopher Lenz * Dirk Schalge * Noah Slater ===Alignment=== A database server with a strong focus on HTTP and REST principles. ===Known Risks=== * Dependency on Erlang ** Including some modifications to the HTTP server stack. The plan is to convert over to [http://code.google.com/p/mochiweb/ MochiWeb] (MIT licenced) * Dependency on Mozilla SpiderMonkey ** Including small modifications, to be sent back to Mozilla ===Orphaned Products=== * This is a new effort, and is far from being orphaned. ===Inexperience with Open Source=== All participants are active users and contributors to open source. One of them (Christopher Lenz) has experience as committer on other Apache projects. ===Homogenous Developers=== The exiting committers are spread over a number of countries and employers. ===Reliance on Salaried Developers=== Only one developer is being paid to work on CouchDB. Read [http://damienkatz.net/2008/01/faq_about_couch.html his views] on the relationship he has with his employer. ===Relationships with Other Apache Products=== Experimental usage of Lucene ===An excessive fascination with the Apache brand=== This product started out independent of Apache and under a GPL license. After discussions with a number of people within IBM, Damien Katz agreed to pursue both incubation at the ASF, and employment at IBM ==Documentation== ===Initial Source=== Resides on [http://code.google.com/p/couchdb/ Google Code]. The code has been recently relicensed from GPL to the Apache License, Version 2.0, in anticipation of this submission. ===Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan=== The bulk of the core code was written by Damien Katz. Major contributions include: a GNU Autotools build system supporting most POSIX systems contributed by Noah Slater, a built-in administration interface provided by Christopher Lenz, and experimental fulltext search with Lucene by Jan Lehnardt. ICLAs either have been, or are in the process of being, submitted for all code involved in this submission. ICLA's are already on file for: * Jan Lehnardt * Christopher Lenz ICLA's in progress: * William Beh * Damien Katz * Dirk Schalge * Noah Slater There are a few (as in single digit) number of files that we are continuing to sort through the licenses. These include Public Domain, X Consortium, and MITish
Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
+1 I am interested in mentoring if needed. Ted On Jan 31, 2008, at 7:40 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: The original source for this proposal can be found at http://www.couchdbwiki.com/index.php?title=Apache_Incubator_Proposal and a current snapshot is attached below. Once we have established that there is interest, my plan is to move this content over to wiki.apache.org/incubator as a [PROPOSAL]. I've been watching CouchDB since September, and believe that it would fit well in the ASF. My preference is that it exits as a top level project, mainly due to my experience with umbrella PMCs, but I would otherwise not be adverse to it joining the DB project. We certainly do not need to decide this now. - Sam Ruby Project Name: CouchDB - ==Proposal== The goal is to create either an Apache top level project, or a db subproject, around the existing CouchDB open source project. Key Features: * a REST API using JSON for data transport, * a JavaScript view engine based on Mozilla Spidermonkey, * a GNU Autotools build system supporting most POSIX systems * a built-in administration interface * experimental fulltext search with Lucene ===Rationale=== The goals of the project are aligned with the goals of the ASF, namely there is interest in (continuing to) foster a collaborative, consensus based development process, using an open and pragmatic software license, and a desire to create high quality software that leads the way in its field. ===Initial goals=== * Features for next release ** Incremental reduce support, for full map/reduce support. ** Document validation model (validate live and replicated changes) ** Documentation, Documentation, Documentation ** Fulltext Search * Priority feature work ** Live compaction ** Extensible security model ** LDAP authentication ** More query capabilities exposed to HTTP, e.g. multi-key view lookups * Future feature work ** Server storage partioning ** Server failover clustering * Requested Features ** hierarchical structure in documents ==Current Status== ===Meritocracy=== The project has recently transformed from being primarily a single person led (and funded) project to one with a number of diverse participants. Development has been coordinated primarily through a mailing list, with some IRC. ===Community=== The community consists of a set of independent developers, one of which recently joined IBM ===Initial Developers=== * William Beh * Damien Katz * Jan Lehnardt * Christopher Lenz * Dirk Schalge * Noah Slater ===Alignment=== A database server with a strong focus on HTTP and REST principles. ===Known Risks=== * Dependency on Erlang ** Including some modifications to the HTTP server stack. The plan is to convert over to [http://code.google.com/p/mochiweb/ MochiWeb] (MIT licenced) * Dependency on Mozilla SpiderMonkey ** Including small modifications, to be sent back to Mozilla ===Orphaned Products=== * This is a new effort, and is far from being orphaned. ===Inexperience with Open Source=== All participants are active users and contributors to open source. One of them (Christopher Lenz) has experience as committer on other Apache projects. ===Homogenous Developers=== The exiting committers are spread over a number of countries and employers. ===Reliance on Salaried Developers=== Only one developer is being paid to work on CouchDB. Read [http:// damienkatz.net/2008/01/faq_about_couch.html his views] on the relationship he has with his employer. ===Relationships with Other Apache Products=== Experimental usage of Lucene ===An excessive fascination with the Apache brand=== This product started out independent of Apache and under a GPL license. After discussions with a number of people within IBM, Damien Katz agreed to pursue both incubation at the ASF, and employment at IBM ==Documentation== ===Initial Source=== Resides on [http://code.google.com/p/couchdb/ Google Code]. The code has been recently relicensed from GPL to the Apache License, Version 2.0, in anticipation of this submission. ===Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan=== The bulk of the core code was written by Damien Katz. Major contributions include: a GNU Autotools build system supporting most POSIX systems contributed by Noah Slater, a built-in administration interface provided by Christopher Lenz, and experimental fulltext search with Lucene by Jan Lehnardt. ICLAs either have been, or are in the process of being, submitted for all code involved in this submission. ICLA's are already on file for: * Jan Lehnardt * Christopher Lenz ICLA's in progress: * William Beh * Damien Katz * Dirk Schalge * Noah Slater There are a few (as in single digit) number of files that we are continuing to sort through the licenses. These include Public Domain, X Consortium, and MITish licenses. ===External Dependencies=== * [http://www.icu-project.org/ ICU] (MIT) *
Re: [DISCUSS] CouchDB incubator project
+1 (non binding) Very exciting to see this happening at Apache. Assaf On 1/31/08, Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The original source for this proposal can be found at http://www.couchdbwiki.com/index.php?title=Apache_Incubator_Proposal and a current snapshot is attached below. Once we have established that there is interest, my plan is to move this content over to wiki.apache.org/incubator as a [PROPOSAL]. I've been watching CouchDB since September, and believe that it would fit well in the ASF. My preference is that it exits as a top level project, mainly due to my experience with umbrella PMCs, but I would otherwise not be adverse to it joining the DB project. We certainly do not need to decide this now. - Sam Ruby Project Name: CouchDB - ==Proposal== The goal is to create either an Apache top level project, or a db subproject, around the existing CouchDB open source project. Key Features: * a REST API using JSON for data transport, * a JavaScript view engine based on Mozilla Spidermonkey, * a GNU Autotools build system supporting most POSIX systems * a built-in administration interface * experimental fulltext search with Lucene ===Rationale=== The goals of the project are aligned with the goals of the ASF, namely there is interest in (continuing to) foster a collaborative, consensus based development process, using an open and pragmatic software license, and a desire to create high quality software that leads the way in its field. ===Initial goals=== * Features for next release ** Incremental reduce support, for full map/reduce support. ** Document validation model (validate live and replicated changes) ** Documentation, Documentation, Documentation ** Fulltext Search * Priority feature work ** Live compaction ** Extensible security model ** LDAP authentication ** More query capabilities exposed to HTTP, e.g. multi-key view lookups * Future feature work ** Server storage partioning ** Server failover clustering * Requested Features ** hierarchical structure in documents ==Current Status== ===Meritocracy=== The project has recently transformed from being primarily a single person led (and funded) project to one with a number of diverse participants. Development has been coordinated primarily through a mailing list, with some IRC. ===Community=== The community consists of a set of independent developers, one of which recently joined IBM ===Initial Developers=== * William Beh * Damien Katz * Jan Lehnardt * Christopher Lenz * Dirk Schalge * Noah Slater ===Alignment=== A database server with a strong focus on HTTP and REST principles. ===Known Risks=== * Dependency on Erlang ** Including some modifications to the HTTP server stack. The plan is to convert over to [http://code.google.com/p/mochiweb/ MochiWeb] (MIT licenced) * Dependency on Mozilla SpiderMonkey ** Including small modifications, to be sent back to Mozilla ===Orphaned Products=== * This is a new effort, and is far from being orphaned. ===Inexperience with Open Source=== All participants are active users and contributors to open source. One of them (Christopher Lenz) has experience as committer on other Apache projects. ===Homogenous Developers=== The exiting committers are spread over a number of countries and employers. ===Reliance on Salaried Developers=== Only one developer is being paid to work on CouchDB. Read [http://damienkatz.net/2008/01/faq_about_couch.html his views] on the relationship he has with his employer. ===Relationships with Other Apache Products=== Experimental usage of Lucene ===An excessive fascination with the Apache brand=== This product started out independent of Apache and under a GPL license. After discussions with a number of people within IBM, Damien Katz agreed to pursue both incubation at the ASF, and employment at IBM ==Documentation== ===Initial Source=== Resides on [http://code.google.com/p/couchdb/ Google Code]. The code has been recently relicensed from GPL to the Apache License, Version 2.0, in anticipation of this submission. ===Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan=== The bulk of the core code was written by Damien Katz. Major contributions include: a GNU Autotools build system supporting most POSIX systems contributed by Noah Slater, a built-in administration interface provided by Christopher Lenz, and experimental fulltext search with Lucene by Jan Lehnardt. ICLAs either have been, or are in the process of being, submitted for all code involved in this submission. ICLA's are already on file for: * Jan Lehnardt * Christopher Lenz ICLA's in progress: * William Beh * Damien Katz * Dirk Schalge * Noah Slater There are a few (as in single digit) number of files that we are continuing to sort through the licenses. These include Public Domain, X Consortium, and MITish licenses. ===External Dependencies=== *
