On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Emmanuel Lécharny <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi guys, > > for months now, I'm working with Shawn McKinney on Fortress > (http://www.openldap.org/fortress/ and http://iamfortress.org/overview). > this week, he asked me what would be the best way to get this project > becoming an Apache project. > > Great news! Good work on that. > At thi spoint, we have a few options available : > - go through incubation > - accept the project under ADS umbrella, but as a side project, like > Studio, Mavibot or Escimo > - ask some other umbrella project if they are interested (Shiro, Syncope ?) > > I do think there is some potential for this project (which is an API and > a web application) to become an interesting part of Apache Directory, as > it uses either OpenLDAP or ApacheDS as a backend, and also uses the > Apache LDAP API on the client side. It also is a good replacmenet for > the dormant Triplesec project. > > +1 > At this point, I would be pleased to get your take on such a move. > wdyt ? > PS : Fortress is already using AL 2.0, and Shawn is the main contributor > and code owner so no pb with the code attribution or copyright ownership). > I think there are 2 ways here: 1. IP Clearance 2. Incubation #1 is more for things that would be add-ons used by a project here at Directory, but this sounds more like a standalone application that happens to use ApacheDS and OLD as a backing store #2 ... well no explanation necessary With #2 Directory can be the sponsoring PMC. Good luck with it. Best, Alex
