This has happened before. We just say "thanks, and good luck". Most recent was odftoolkit, I believe. They moved to The Document Foundation. We transferred a related domain over TDF, for that community to use.
Note that we've also stated that if a trademark is transferred to us *during* incubation, then we'll return it to the prior owner if the podling retires for any reason. In some cases, we have allowed podlings to graduate to TLP status with the understanding a trademark transfer will occur in the future (ie. trademark ownership is not a blocker). At least one TLP (iBatis) moved their community out of Apache. We kept the trademark, so they are myBatis or somesuch. It is difficult for a 501(c)3 to transfer property, so we remain hesitant around trademarks. Cheers, -g On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 7:31 PM Adrian Cole <adrian.f.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, all > > I just noticed that all states in the diagram are under the assumption > that the only way a project stops is by the IPMC making a decision for > the project, saying they have no community etc. > > https://incubator.apache.org/policy/process.html#termination_or_retirement > > A route not listed is the PPMC choosing to stop on their own. It would > be helpful to know that a podling can voluntarily return to their > prior state, and know up front what impact that would imply. > > I expect not everything needs to be on the website, but hypothetically > speaking, what would be the impact to the people who decided to stop > incubating.. if for example the community is entirely the same as they > started? > > Best, > -Adrian > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
