I"m no expert on the apache processes (I'm a ctakes sf.net commiter and not yet a ctakes ASF commiter), but I found some information that might be helpful…
This page seems to have some good background on the intellectual property concerns regarding the importing of a codebase into a new incubator project: http://incubator.apache.org/guides/mentor.html#initial-ip-clearance (especially the IP Clearance sections on Background and Establishing Provenance) Also (in response to Steven's question), the section "On Repackaging" says that repackaging is "recommended – but not mandated": It is recommended - but not mandated - that source is repackaged under the Apache namespace. There is no need to use the incubator namespace. For example, Java source might be repackaged toorg.apache.foo.Bar or a DTD to http://dtd.apache.org/foo/bar. Existing open source projects moving to Apache may well need to consider carefully how they will approach this transition. So if we do try to get a release out quickly from apache, it sounds like we could hold off on changing package names. Also, we're (the MITRE group) working through our legal office to get the SGA and CLA approved to be signed. Matt
