Hello, It is really interesting to hear about MicroEmulator project. > If the microemu code is large, with a > significant number of people who are new to Apache, etc. then going > through the incubator (perhaps with a Harmony mentor) will be a good > experience for learning the Apache way of doing things, and migrating > the project.
According to a subversion most of the MicroEmulator code is copyrighted by Bartek and Vlad. http://microemulator.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/microemulator/trunk/microemulator/ Thanks. On Feb 5, 2008 7:02 PM, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Bartek, > > A few people have dropped in to suggest doing mobile libraries, and/or > an embedded VM. Such an endeavor would certainly be within the scope of > the Harmony project charter. > > I'm unfamiliar with MicroEmulator, so without a bit more investigation I > can't really say whether it would be more appropriate to consider > working straight in the Harmony project, or starting out as an incubator > project with a view to joining Harmony upon graduation. > > A deciding factor would be the overlap in the communities that work in > the existing and new code base. If the microemu code is large, with a > significant number of people who are new to Apache, etc. then going > through the incubator (perhaps with a Harmony mentor) will be a good > experience for learning the Apache way of doing things, and migrating > the project. > > Another factor would be the provenance of the code, and prior experience > of the contributors, since Harmony has a rigorous contribution policy > that we guard carefully. > > But to answer your specific question, Harmony is the right place for > work on virtual machines and platform class libraries at Apache. > > Regards, > Tim > > > Bartek Teodorczyk wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to ask about interest in Apache community widening scope of > > Harmony project to Java ME. > > > > Let me introduce myself first. My name is Bartek Teodorczyk and I'm a > > leader of MicroEmulator (http://www.microemu.org/) project, LGPL > > implementation of Java ME written on top of Java SE. It provides MIDP2 > > and several other mobile JSR implementations. Recently we got a bit > > more attention by commercial companies which would like use > > MicroEmulator. During some discussions we've got conclusion that it > > makes a lot of sense to migrate project to Apache license which is > > more attractive for commercial companies, especially in mobile > > software world. I truly believe that may also help evolve the project > > significantly. We also seriously consider donating the project to the > > Apache Foundation. > > > > And go back to the question. I'd be grateful to get some feedback from > > Harmony community whether it would be a room for MicroEmulator inside > > Harmony project or we should rather start looking into Incubator > > procedure? > > > > Best Regards, > > Bartek Teodorczyk > > > -- With best regards, Alexei, ESSD, Intel
