w00t! On Jun 1, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Jukka Zitting wrote:
> Hi, > >> "Today's submission of the openoffice.org code base" > > If the incubation proposal passes, perhaps this will make it easier > for us to improve OpenOffice support in Tika. > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:02 PM > Subject: Incubation at Apache: What's it all about? > To: [email protected] > > > [this statement is available online at http://s.apache.org/DTM ; > direct media queries to press_at_apache_dot-org] > > Incubation at Apache: What's it all about? > > More Projects Than Ever Submitted to Become a Part of The Apache Software > Foundation > > The success and reputation of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) as one > of the most influential Open Source organizations is undisputed. > Launched 12 years ago with the Apache HTTP Server, the all-volunteer > ASF currently > develops and shepherds nearly 170 projects, including Top-Level Projects > (TLPs) and new initiatives in the Apache Incubator and Labs. > > Apache products power more than 203 million Websites (half the Internet!) > and countless mission-critical applications worldwide. More than a dozen > Apache projects form the foundation of today's Cloud computing. Five of the > top 10 Open Source downloads are Apache projects [1]. > > "Dozens of external projects have sought to become a part of the ASF to > improve the quality of their code and participate in a larger community," > explained ASF President Jim Jagielski. > > Incubation is the first step for a project to be considered among the > diverse Open Source initiatives overseen by the ASF. A submitted > project and its community will join the more than 50 projects in the > Apache Incubator, and will benefit from the Foundation's > widely-emulated meritocratic process, stewardship, outreach, support, > community events, and guiding principles that are affectionately known > as "The Apache Way". > > "We welcome highly-focused, emerging projects from individual > contributors, as well as those with robust developer communities, global > user bases, and strong corporate backing," added Jagielski. "The ASF's > organizational, legal, financial, and infrastructure support gives > Incubating projects the ability to provide valuable software to millions of > users without having to worry about liability. Today's submission of the > openoffice.org code base is testament to our track record for successfully > Incubating highly-established, well-respected projects such as Apache > SpamAssassin and Apache Subversion." > > Incubating projects (known as "podlings") benefit from hands-on mentorship > from other Apache contributors and are guided on an array of processes and > principles within the Foundation, including adopting the Apache voting > structure and growing a vibrant and diverse community. Jim Jagielski is the > proposed podling mentor for the openoffice.org community during the > incubation process. > > Podlings that demonstrate that their community and products have been > well-governed under the ASF's consensus-driven process, release all code > under the Apache License v2.0, and fulfill the responsibilities of an > Incubating project move one step closer to graduation to a TLP. Upon a > Project's maturation to a TLP, a Project Management Committee (PMC) is > formed to guide its day-to-day operations, including community development > and product releases. > > ASF Projects that have graduated from the Apache Incubator over the past > year include Apache Cassandra, Apache Chemistry, Apache Click, Apache > Libcloud, Apache OODT, Apache Shindig, Apache Traffic Server, and Apache > UIMA. > > For more information on the Apache Incubator, please visit > http://incubator.apache.org/. > > [1] https://www.osscensus.org/packages-rank-public.php > > # # # > > Media Contact: > Sally Khudairi > +1 617 921 8656 > [email protected] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: [email protected] WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
