On 2021/04/07 02:48:15, Vinod Kone <vinodk...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Rich, ...snip... > Yes, there are some folks who are still interested in making some (minor) > contributions but for that they just need a single repo to collaborate on. > ASF has been a great home and steward for the Mesos project, but at this > stage in its lifecycle, Mesos project could actually benefit from an ultra > lightweight process and collaboration model. A public GitHub repo with > requisite permissions for collaborators would serve these purposes well > compared to the ASF process (PMC, voting, board reports etc).
The real question is: are there enough existing contributors who would like to step up to re-form a PMC here at Apache? It feels like one of the major undercurrents here is that the existing Mesos PMC has historically had too high a bar to admitting committers or new PMC members. The simple solution is to simply lower that bar, and see what energy new blood can contribute here. It's really a question of bringing the new energy there seems to be out there into the PMC. > As an aside, would the ASF Board have any issue with the community forking > the project and collaborating at https://github.com/mesos/mesos ? Obviously, all of the code is under the Apache license, so everyone's free to fork. Forks are *NOT* allowed to use the ASF's brands or trademarks, so if you're planning to advertise a new fork to do active development, my bet is you'll need a new name. In particular, since MESOS is a registered trademark in the US, it is not practical to "give away" the registration except to another 501C3 public charity (or equivalent in Europe). https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87325890&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch If there are specific questions around trademarks, please see: https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/contact#pmc -- - Shane Apache Member & Ex-VP Brand Management The Apache Software Foundation
