Hi Stian, Thank you for the email!
+1 Aleks On 21/05/2014 16:17, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > Hi, > > I and Shoaib Sufi here in Manchester have been talking to Andy > Seaborne with Apache about the possibility of moving Taverna ownership > to the Apache Foundation - making Taverna an Apache Incubator project > https://incubator.apache.org/ > > > The last years Taverna has been managed and primarily developed by the > myGrid group at the University of Manchester, but with several > contributors from around the world, not the least considering the > growing list of plugins and integrations. > > > > Taverna contributors have already signed License Agreements that grant > University of Manchester a copyright license, for instance allowing a > change of source code license. > http://www.taverna.org.uk/about/legal-stuff/contributors-guide/ > > > Moving to Apache would mean changing the ownership of the code base to > the Apache Foundation - which would then become the legal entity that > release the software as opposed to University of Manchester. > University of Manchester would still want to very much play an active > role in the Taverna development - but we also prefer a more > decentralized way we all work with Taverna. > > > Some reasoning for considering the Apache Incubator: > > * Encouraging more open development -- all discussions and > decissions on the mailing list > * Encouraging shared ownership of codebase - anyone can fix anything > * Long-term sustainability - anyone can easily join development > * Apache is recognizable "Brand name" > ** More justifiable for other entities to add "Extend Apache > Taverna" to a grant proposal without needing to include Manchester > ** Apache's CLA, while very similar to Taverna's CLA, is more > recognizable by legal entities (many organizations have already > signed) > > > Now one can argue that most of these can be achieved without changing > ownership, and that there are also other, more light-weight > foundations that could take over the ownership. That is a valid > argument that I think we should consider when deciding. > > > Some of the challenges with moving to Apache is that we would need to : > > * Move source code repositories to Apache hardware (but can keep > mirrors on Github) > * Change license from LGPL 2.1 to Apache 2.0 (In theory easy for all > Taverna 2.x and 3.x code as Manchester has copyright or copyright > license) > * Remove dependencies that are LGPL or GPL (e.g. externalize as > plugins, which they generally are already) > ** Split between Apache Taverna (Core) and more specific > customization (following style of AstroTaverna) > ** Can we still include OpenJDK? > * Check copyright on existing code (commit log) matching against > signed CLAs we have on fily > * Show evidence of new contributors joining the Incubator project > > > If you think we should move to Apache, then be aware that the > incubating process can take a while. > > Andy said that for Apache Jena, which he was part of moving through > Incubator, it took almost 2 years. However, during this process, most > of the development continues to happen as before. Some changes, like > moving repositories and mailing lists, are obviously disruptive right > when they happen, but should not take too long. (Our recent move to > Github took less than a week). > > The myGrid team would obviously take a lead in the incubation process, > specially on the legal side, but would also hope for contributions > from the community during the process. > > > I would like to hear your views on the prospect of Taverna becoming an > Apache Incubator project. If you would like to vote now (I don't think > this count as formal vote yet), then you may respond as: > > +1 (positive) > 0 (undecided) > -1 (negative) > > > > -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr Aleksandra Nenadic myGrid project School of Computer Science University of Manchester E-mail: [email protected] Skype: a.nenadic Web: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~nenadic Office: +44 (0)161 275 0672 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ taverna-hackers mailing list [email protected] Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/about/contact-us/ Developers Guide: http://www.taverna.org.uk/developers/
