I believe at least Mu, Tianqi and Eric all have owner permission on the
dmlc org on github.


On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:43 AM, Henri Yandell <[email protected]> wrote:

> Apologies for slowness on my part (busy home/work time of year).
>
> We have 23 committers with ICLAs/accounts.
>
> Currently we only have 4 people on the PPMC (per
> https://whimsy.apache.org/roster/ppmc/mxnet). 14 are subscribed to the
> private list, so that suggests there is something else that needs changing.
> Will get that fixed (I've mailed general@incubator asking for assistance
> in
> how to fix).
>
> The next step is to move the source code to Apache. The change involves
> giving an Apache Infra member Owner permissions on github.com/dmlc, they
> will then do the transfer to github.com/apache, and then a name change of
> mxnet to apache-mxnet. Everything else should 'just work'. We'll then need
> to do some cleanup on licensing.
>
> The main change I then see happening is that releases need to follow the
> Apache  rules. Releasing the Apache way is one of the primary items for a
> community to learn about while in Incubation. This document talks more
> about it: http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html
>
> I would high-level summarize it as:
>
> 1) Must make a decision to release on the lists (i.e. a vote); and
> subsequently have the Incubator PMC approve on general@incubator (another
> vote).
> 2) Must be in source form, and obey Apache policies (for example third
> party library licensing).
> 3) Additional Incubator items around flagging to users that mxnet is in the
> Incubator.
>
> The biggest blocker, I believe, will be the zeromq licensing. There is
> acceptance to do releases with issues while in the Incubator, so that's
> something to raise on general@incubator.
>
> Who on the DMLC side should I put in contact with Apache Infrastructure to
> plan the source migration (i.e. who has Owner permissions on DMLC and can
> work with them)?
>
> Hen
>

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