On 03/12/2019 13:25, Christofer Dutz wrote: > Ok ... > > So If I don't hear any objections in 72 hours, I'll treat that as consensus > and I'll start creating these memberships for the PLC4X project but on behalf > of the ASF.
If the are agreements to agree to, I'd *strongly* recommend you get them reviewed by the legal committee before signing them. I'd give board@ a heads-up and time to comment first. Mark > > Chris > > > Am 02.12.19, 22:44 schrieb "Christofer Dutz" <christofer.d...@c-ware.de>: > > Hi all, > > I think I brought this up before, but it’s getting more important now. > Till now it was just Apache PLC4X which would profit from this, but now > that we also have Apache StreamPipes, there’s a second project that would > benefit. > > In order to implement some industry protocols, you need to be member of > the organization behind the protocol. > > The ones I am talking about are: > > * OPC Foundation (Logo-Membership to be allowed to use the OPC-UA > logo and name as well as access the specs) … costs 0$/Year > * EtherCat organization (Logo-Membership to be allowed to use the > EzherCAT Logo, access the specs and request a Vendor ID) … costs 0$/year > * ProfiNet organization (Free Membership to be allowed to use the > ProfiNet Logo and request a vendor ID) … costs 0$/year > > The EtherCat and ProfiNet protocols would require a Vendor id, which > would identify any driver implementations as Apache software. > The PLC4X Project requires these both in order to be able to implement > active drivers. > The PLC4X and StreamPipes projects both require the 3 logo-memberships in > order to be allowed to use the Logo and Names of the protocols. > > Are there any objection for me to go ahead and start the paperwork (or > just filling out the online forms)? > Being the VP of PLC4X I should be able to do this (Being an officer of > the Foundation) > > > Chris > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org