Congrats everyoneŠ A stupid question and probably little late for this Šbut what does it exactly mean to become a TLP - (other than the fact that we are officially part of Apache foundation now) ? And can we please also share our proposal to the the IPMC for graduating to a TLP - should be an interesting/inspirational read :) ?
Thanks, -Nitin On 25/03/13 8:01 PM, "Wido den Hollander" <w...@widodh.nl> wrote: >On 03/25/2013 03:20 PM, Radhika Puthiyetath wrote: >> Party time... >> > >Indeed! I'll open a beer on this awesome news tonight! > >Great work again everybody, let's keep making CloudStack better and >better! > >Wido > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Joe Brockmeier [mailto:j...@zonker.net] >> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 7:45 PM >> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org >> Subject: The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache CloudStack� as >>a Top-Level Project >> >> Sending to dev@ - it's now officially official: Please spread the word! >> Thanks! >> >> Mature, Open Source turn-key platform widely used for delivering >>scalable, full-featured Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. >> >> Forest Hill, MD 25 March 2013 The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), >>the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 >>Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced that Apache >>CloudStack has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level >>Project (TLP), signifying that the Project's community and products have >>been well-governed under the ASF's meritocratic process and principles. >> >> "When CloudStack first became an Apache Incubator project, it was a >>well-established cloud management platform with a mature codebase," said >>Chip Childers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "Our work in the >>Incubator has focused on growing a really strong community around the >>code and establishing the governance practices expected of a top-level >>project within The Apache Software Foundation." >> >> Widely used in production by many organizations, CloudStack is formerly >>the product of Cloud.com, which was acquired by Citrix in 2011, and was >>submitted to the Apache Incubator by Citrix in April 2012. >> >> Apache CloudStack is a complete software suite for creating >>Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing in private-, public-, >>and hybrid cloud environments. It has been proven to be both stable and >>highly scalable, underpinning production clouds with more than 30,000 >>physical nodes, in geo-distributed environments. >> >> "Becoming a TLP is an important step in the project's evolution and >>growth," added Childers. "CloudStack had the advantage of having many >>long-term, large deployments which had proven the stability and >>scalability of the technology. This helped us concentrate on adopting >>the 'Apache Way' of governance, which is well understood and open, >>delivering so many great pieces of software over the years." >> >> CloudStack's target environments include service providers and >>enterprises; it is used by many service providers to set up an >>on-demand, elastic cloud computing services and by enterprises to set up >>a private cloud for use by their own employees. Apache CloudStack is >>also available to individuals and organizations that wish to study and >>implement an IaaS for personal, educational, and/or production use. >> >> "We believe that Infrastructure-as-a-Service is the next generation of >>IT infrastructure, and that people will demand open standards and open >>governance for such an important layer in their IT stack," explained >>Childers. That is why having the CloudStack project meet the rigorous >>standards of ASF governance is so significant." >> >> Underscoring the ASF's edict of "Community over Code", Childers said: >> "we've managed to build a diverse, friendly and very open community >>around CloudStack. New participants receive a really warm welcome and we >>make sure that all contributors are on an equal footing, whether they >>are writing code or helping with any other aspect of the project. >> Anybody thinking of getting involved in the project would quickly find >>what a great community we are. In addition to online involvement, we've >>already had a global collaboration conference and there are many >>CloudStack groups established in many different countries." >> >> Availability and Oversight >> Apache CloudStack software is released under the Apache License v2.0, >>and is overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to the >>project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's >>day-to-day operations, including community development and product >>releases. Apache CloudStack source code, documentation, mailing lists, >>and related resources are available at http://cloudstack.apache.org/. >> >> About the Apache Incubator >> The Apache Incubator is the entry path for projects and codebases >>wishing to become part of the efforts at The Apache Software Foundation. >> All code donations from external organizations and existing external >>projects wishing to join the ASF enter through the Incubator to: 1) >>ensure all donations are in accordance with the ASF legal standards; and >> 2) develop new communities that adhere to our guiding principles. >> Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further >>review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision >>making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other >>successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a >>reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does >>indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF. For >>more information, visit http://incubator.apache.org/. >> >> About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Established in 1999, the >>all-volunteer Foundation oversees nearly one hundred fifty leading Open >>Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server ‹ the world's most popular >>Web server software. Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as >>"The Apache Way", more than 400 individual Members and 3,500 Committers >>successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade >>software, benefiting millions of users >> worldwide: thousands of software solutions are distributed under the >>Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mailing >>lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official >>user conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(3)(c) >>not-for-profit charity, funded by individual donations and corporate >>sponsors including AMD, Basis Technology, Citrix, Cloudera, Facebook, Go >>Daddy, Google, HP, Hortonworks, Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, Matt >>Mullenweg, Microsoft, PSW Group, SpringSource/VMware, WANdisco, and >>Yahoo!. For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow >>@TheASF on Twitter. >> >> "Apache", "CloudStack", "Apache CloudStack", and "ApacheCon" are >>registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in >>the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and >>trademarks are the property of their respective owners. >> >> # # # >> >> Contact: >> Sally Khudairi >> Vice President >> The Apache Software Foundation >> pr...@apache.org >> +1 617 921 8656 >> >> Best, >> >> jzb >> -- >> Joe Brockmeier >> j...@zonker.net >> Twitter: @jzb >> http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ >>
