Hi all, and I’m also planing to leave the Podling after its graduation, I don’t think I can offer helps after its graduation, I jumped in back to when there is no enough active mentors to vote, now that we are graduating as a top level project and I believe the folks can manage the project as well as its branding / license stuffs.
> On Apr 19, 2022, at 05:03, Joe Evans <joseph.ev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > BCC'ing all mentors > > Hi MXNet Community, > > Apache MXNet (incubating) has been an incubating project since January, > 2017[1]. Since then, the project has matured and adopted the Apache Software > Foundation’s principles and philosophy around building and maintaining open > source software. There is a thriving community of developers and users from > all over the world that regularly contribute to the project. > > Here is a brief overview of the progress of the Apache MXNet (incubating) > project and community since entering the incubator: > Community > > • 37 new PPMC members were added, bringing the total number of PPMC > members to 50 > • 55 new committers were added (which include new PPMC members), > bringing the total number of committers to 86 > • The total number of contributors is now 870 and growing. > • The dev@mxnet mailing list[2] currently has X subscribers, and all > major project discussions happen there. > > Project > > • 18 releases[3] by 13 different release managers. All compliance > issues have been resolved with the 1.9.0 and 2.0.beta releases. > • MXNet website[4] is now compliant with Apache Project Website > requirements[5] > • MXNet has completed the project maturity self assessment[6] > > Concerns > > Although I think most of the issues noted below have been resolved, I did > want to bring up a few problems that have been identified with the project in > the past. > > Licensing and Branding Issues > > The IPMC brought up some release and branding issues and filed a JIRA > ticket[7] back in June, 2020. The community addressed the concerns but the > ticket remains open. > > We also went through an extensive license audit throughout the 1.9.0 > release[8][9], switch from using a DISCLAIMER-WIP to DISCLAIMER and added > automated license checking tools to prevent future licensing issues from > being introduced. We are confident we now comply with ASF requirements and > have the tools in-place to stay compliant. > > Distribution Rights and IP Clearance > > Our project status page[1] does not have dates under the Copyright and Verify > Distribution Rights sections. Based on the ticket[10] when the source code > was initially imported, an SGA was not required since MXNet wasn’t developed > by a commercial entity. Since the code was already Apache 2.0 licensed, there > was not a formal IP Clearance process completed. Based on the extensive > license audit completed for the 1.9.0 release, I believe we can use the date > when the release passed the general@incubator vote when the Distribution > Rights were verified. Unless there are objections, I will get these dates set > on the status page after this discussion has completed. > > Chair for Project > > In part of our draft resolution that we will create to be considered by the > Apache Board, we must appoint a Chair to represent the project. Based on his > long project history and continued involvement, I would like to nominate > Sheng Zha as the project Chair. > > > > This discussion will be open for at least 72 hours. > > > References: > > [1] https://incubator.apache.org/projects/mxnet.html > [2] lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@mxnet.apache.org > [3] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/releases > [4] https://mxnet.apache.org/ > [5] https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs > [6] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Apache+Maturity+Model+Assessment+for+MXNet > [7] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INCUBATOR-253 > [8] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/20475 > [9] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/20616 > [10] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-13800 ————————— Zhenxu Ke (柯振旭) GitHub @kezhenxu94
