I vote -1 for the reasons I said here: http://markmail.org/message/w5vtsa5nbarmnqxo
Niall On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: > *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] > > As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding > down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an > Apache Incubator project. > > At the end of this mail, I've put a copy of the current proposal. Here is a > link to the document in the wiki: > > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenOfficeProposal?action=recall&rev=207 > > As the proposal discussion threads are numerous, I encourage people to scan > and review the archives for this month: > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/browser > > Please cast your votes: > > [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation > [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation > > This vote will close 72 hours from now. > > - Sam Ruby > > = OpenOffice.org - An open productivity environment = > == Abstract == > !OpenOffice.org is comprised of six personal productivity applications: a > word processor (and its web-authoring component), spreadsheet, presentation > graphics, drawing, equation editor, and database. !OpenOffice.org is > released on Windows, Solaris, Linux and Macintosh operation systems, with > more [[http://porting.openoffice.org/|communities]] joining, including a > mature [[http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/|FreeBSD port]]. > !OpenOffice.org is localized, supporting over 110 languages worldwide. > > == Proposal == > Apache !OpenOffice.org will continue the mission pursued by the > !OpenOffice.org project while under the sponsorship of Sun and Oracle, > namely: > > "To create, as a community, the leading international office suite that > will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and > data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format." > > In addition to to building the !OpenOffice.org product, as an end-user > facing product with many existing individual and corporate users, this > project will also be active in supporting end-users via tutorials, user > forums, document template repositories, etc. The project will also work to > further enable !OpenOffice.org to be used as a programmable module in > document automation scenarios. > > == Background == > !OpenOffice.org was launched as an open source project by Sun Microsystems > in June 2000. !OpenOffice.org was originally developed under the name of > StarOffice by Star Division, a German company, which was acquired by Sun > Microsystems in 1999. Sun released this as open source in 2000. > !OpenOffice.org is the leading alternative to MS-Office available. Its > most recent major version, the 3.x series saw over > [[http://www.webmasterpro.de/portal/news/2010/02/05/international-openoffice-market-shares.html|100 > million downloads]] in its first year. The > [[http://www.webmasterpro.de/portal/news/2010/02/05/international-openoffice-market-shares.html|most > recent estimates]] suggest a market share on the order of 8-15%. > > The !OpenOffice source is written in C++ and delivers language-neutral and > scriptable functionality. This source technology introduces the next-stage > architecture, allowing use of the suite elements as separate applications or > as embedded components in other applications. Numerous other features are > also present including XML-based file formats based on the vendor-neutral > !OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard from OASIS and other resources. > > == Rationale == > !OpenOffice.org core development would continue at Apache following the > contribution by Oracle, in accordance with Apache bylaws and its usual open > development processes. Both Oracle and ASF agree that the !OpenOffice.org > development community, previously fragmented, would re-unite under ASF to > ensure a stable and long term future for OpenOffice.org. ASF would enable > corporate, non-profit, and volunteer stakeholders to contribute code in a > collaborative fashion. > > Supporting tooling projects will accompany the !OpenOffice.org contribution, > providing APIs for extending and customizing !OpenOffice.org. > > Both !OpenOffice.org and the related tooling projects support the OASIS Open > Document Format, and will attract an ecosystem of developers, ISVs and > Systems Integrators. ODF ensures the users of !OpenOffice.org and related > solutions will own their document data, and be free to choose the > application or solution that best meets their requirements. > > The !OpenOffice.org implementation will serve as a reference implementation > of the Open Document Format standard. > > = Current Status = > == Meritocracy == > We understand the intention and value of meritocracy at Apache. We are > particularly gratified to learn, during the discussion on this proposal, > that there is a strong role for non-coders to participate in this > meritocracy and as they demonstrate their sustained commitment and merit, to > take on additional community responsibilities. > > The initial developers are very familiar with open source development, both > at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because Oracle as > contributor, and IBM as Sponsor, as well as the initial developers, want to > encourage this style of development for the project. A diverse developer > community is regarded as necessary for a healthy, stable, long term > !OpenOffice.org project. > > == Community == > The !OpenOffice.org project, over its 10+ years of existence has spawned a > diverse set of derived applications, each associated with its own set of > communities. Some of the more prominent applications built on > !OpenOffice.org include: > > * !LibreOffice > > * [[http://wiki.ooo4kids.org|OOo4Kids]] / > [[http://wiki.ooolight.org|OOoLight]] > > * IBM Lotus Symphony > * !RedFlag China 2000 !RedOffice > > * !NeoOffice > > * !EurOffice > > A fuller picture of the range of customizations of !OpenOffice.org is > illustrated in this time line: > > {{http://www.robweir.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/oo-forks.png}} > > Each of these products has one more more associated communities, which might > include: > > 1. a user community > 1. a developer community > 1. a community of supporter, promoters, trainers, consultants, e.g., an > extended ecosystem > > In some cases the development effort for the derived project consists of > repackaging the core !OpenOffice.org code with additional plugins, fonts, > clipart, in other cases an additional language translation is added bundled > with additional language tools (spell checking dictionaries, grammar > proofers), and in other cases the development work involves changes of the > core components. > > In some cases the communities coordinate closely with the parent > !OpenOffice.org projects, in other cases they have effectively "forked" into > independent projects, and in some cases we really have no idea who they are > or what they are doing. For example, screen shots of the secretive North > Korean "Red Star" computer system indicate that it is likely using a > customized version of !OpenOffice. > > The above community relations are as much social as business. The annual > !OpenOffice.org Conference has, for many years, been an important event on > the calendar for community members, a "gathering of the clans" and generally > brings in the "extended family" of projects, often including > non-!OpenOffice.org based projects that interoperate with !OpenOffice.org > via the !OpenDocument Format (ODF) document format, e.g., Google Docs, > Microsoft Office, !AbiWord, Calligra Suite/KOffice. We want to continue this > tradition with members of any eventual Apache !OpenOffice TLP, in > conjunction with the extended community of derived projects. > > One of our goals with this incubation project will be to rationalize and > formalize the coordination of these upstream and downstream contribution, > basing it on the Apache 2.0 license, which should help us disseminate > enhancements to the core more easily, since this license is easily consumed > by all derivatives, even those with copyleft licenses. We need to identify > which functions performed by the broader network of communities are a good > fit for an eventual Apache TLP, and which things fit better outside of > Apache.We also need to respect that the maintainers of these derivatives of > !OpenOffice.org have a lot of pride in their distributions and value their > independent names and websites. So it is not reasonable to expect that they > will wish to be folded into a single "vanilla" Apache !OpenOffice.org. > However, we must do what is possible to encourage and further develop a > thriving ecosystem around this project. > > One possible outcome is that we encourage the core development of the > editors to occur in Apache, while making it easy, via a modular extension > mechanism, a modular install, etc. for others to customize and redistribute > as permitted by the Apache 2.0 license. > > == Collaboration with LibreOffice == > The !LibreOffice project is an important partner in the !OpenOffice.org > community, with an established focus on the GNU/Linux community as well as > on Windows and Mac consumer end-users. The Apache !OpenOffice project will > seek to build a constructive working and technical relationship so that the > source code developed at Apache can be readily used downstream by > !LibreOffice, as well as exploring ways for their upstream contributions to > be integrated. > > There will be other ways we will be able to collaborate, including jointly > sponsored events, interoperability 'plugfests', standards development, > shared build management infrastructure, shared release mirrors, coordination > of build schedules and version numbers, defect lists, and other downstream > requirements. We will make this relationship a priority early in the life of > the podlet. > > == Core Developers == > The initial set of committers include developers and other contributors to > !OpenOffice.org, as well members of other derived products, open source and > commercial, including Symphony, RedOffice, LibreOffice, EducOOo, etc. > These committers have varying degrees of experience with Apache-style open > source development, ranging from none to ASF Members. > > == Marketing == > Since its origins, !OpenOffice.org has had a healthy group of volunteers > committed to marketing with "!MarCons" in many countries. There are existing > initiatives that combine marketing with the possibility of raising > independent funds, for example through EU grant applications related to the > Life Long Learning programme, the certification project and developing the > selling of marketing collateral around the OpenOffice.org brand. There is > potential to independently raise money to substantially improve the quality > and take up of the code that was not realised previously. > > == Education == > Create a '''strong bridge between !OpenOffice.org and the Educational > World''' : > > * Provide a place for !OpenOffice.org users, in Education context: discuss > about adapt !OpenOffice.org to your pedagogy, your needs ..etc (all levels > of Education are concerned ) > > * Provide and promote tools adapted to pedagogical use, around > !OpenOffice.org > > * Write code together : train students to OpenOffice.org source code, > create new features, experiment and reverse the best code to be integrated, > following the [[http://education.openoffice.org|OpenOffice.org Education > Project model]] and the [[http://www.educoo.org|EducOOo effort]]. > > * !OpenOffice.org has also maintained various mentoring projects and > efforts and are in demand > > == Alignment == > The developers of !OpenOffice.org will want to work with the Apache Software > Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong > foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based > infrastructure and related components. Additionally, the project may evolve > to support cloud and mobile platforms from its starting point of desktop > operating systems. > > = Known Risks = > == Orphaned products == > We are encouraged by the strong initial response that news of this proposal > has attracted, quickly growing from two to over 80 proposed committers. > Among those names are individuals who have been involved with this project > for 10 years or more. In addition to the individual volunteers, there is a > __significant__[[http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/34638.wss|corporate > committment]]. The risk, as in most projects, is to grow the project and > maintain diversity. This is a priority that is keenly desired by the > community. > > == Inexperience with Open Source == > The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including > Apache Members. Although the vast majority of proposed committers do not > have Apache experience, they do have open source experience. For example, > the names from *openoffice.org addresses were involved with the project > previously. > > The inexperience risk is also mitigated by the strong list of mentors who > have signed up to support this project. > > == Homogeneous Developers == > !OpenOffice.org for many years was managed by Sun, who provided the majority > of its engineering resources as well as its direction. Moving this project > to Apache enables a new start and provide a broad framework. We intend to > engage in strong recruitment efforts in order to further strengthen and > diversify this project. > > In terms of geographic diversity, the project has strong European > participation. This reflects the historical core of the development effort > in this project. We wish to diversify this more, especially encouraging > greater participation from CJK, India and South America. > > == Reliance on Salaried Developers == > The initial group of proposed committers does not appear to be dominated by > a single company. However, when we look at sponsored developers, with the > ability to work on this project full time, IBM clearly has more committers. > We beleive that this situation will change, as the project developers. The > value of this code under a the permissive Apache 2.0 license will attract > and encourage opportunities, not only for existing software vendors, but > also for new ventures. This is a new opportunity, not previously permitted > to the same degree by the project's previous license. This combined with a > strong recruitment effort will help remove the project reliance on > developers from any single company. > > == Relationships with Other Apache Products == > Several potential areas for collaboration with other Apache projects have > been suggested, including: > > [[http://poi.apache.org|Apache POI]] potentially, if POI extends to support > ODF, the default file format of !OpenOffice.org. (and initial discussions on > this have been promising) > > [[http://tika.apache.org/|Apache Tika]] is a generic toolkit for extracting > text and metadata from various file formats. Improving ODF support with > tools from OOo is an obvious area of interest for Tika. > > [[http://pdfbox.apache.org/|Apache PDFBox]] is a Java library for working > with PDF documents. If not direct code sharing over the Java / C++ divide, > then at least sharing of PDF know-how and perhaps things like test cases > between these projects would be great. > > [[http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/|Apache XML Graphics]] for SVG related > libraries > > [[http://community.apache.org/|Community Development]] > > We are interested in further exploring these options. > > == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == > !OpenOffice.org in itself is a very strong brand. Our primary interest is > in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place around open > source software development more than any fascination with the brand. > > == Documentation == > Additional reading on !OpenOffice.org can be found at the > [[http://www.openoffice.org/|existing project's website]]. > > == Localization == > This part is mandatory, and an important step in the organization. > > == Initial Source == > The initial source will consist of a collection of !OpenOffice.org files as > specified in Oracle's submitted SGA. > > During incubation, we will seek a grant to the following additional items: > > * [[http://hg.services.openoffice.org/DEV300/file/DEV300_m106/mysqlc|MySQL > Connector module]] > > * > [[http://hg.services.openoffice.org/DEV300/file/DEV300_m106/default_images|default > images]] > > * [[http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ChildWorkSpace|ChildWorkSpaces > (CWS)]] > > == External Dependencies == > !OpenOffice has external dependencies, including source and binary, required > and optional, under a variety of licenses. A list of these dependencies can > be found [[http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/External/Modules|here]]. > > We acknowledge that it is a podling graduation requirement to review these > dependencies and to get the product into conformance with Apache > requirements. The details will vary on a case-by-case basis, but options > available to us include: > > * Substitute an external dependency with one having a compatible license > * Contact the owner of a dependency and asking for a compatible license > * Replace a source dependency with an unmodified binary dependency > * Make a feature be optional, or user-installed > * Rewrite a feature to avoid the external dependency > * Remove a feature along with its external dependencies > > Note: This task will be aided by the help of project members who work on IBM > Lotus Symphony, who are familiar with many of these issues from a similar > effort done on that product. > > == Cryptography == > !OpenOffice.org supports digital signatures and encryption of documents. > The project will complete any needed export control paperwork related to > these features. > > == Required Resources == > Note: It is recommended that after this proposal is accepted, that there be > a consultation with ASF Legal Affairs on the trademark *before* any project > infrastructure is created. > > === Mailing Lists === > The following mailing lists: > > * `ooo-...@incubator.apache.org` - for developer discussions > > * `ooo-comm...@incubator.apache.org` - for Subversion commit messages > > * `ooo-iss...@incubator.apache.org` - for JIRA change notifications > > * `ooo-notificati...@incubator.apache.org` - for continuous build/test > notifications > > '''Note''': a users mailing is not being requested at this time. It is > anticipated that users will interact with the community through existing > !OpenOffice.org systems, which are forums, based on phpBB. > > === Other resources === > A subversion repository > > A JIRA issue tracker: short code "OOo" > > Pootle server (suggested for localization centralization) > > phpBB end-user forums > > Download site > > TBD: some idea of how much build infrastructure measured in hardware. > > Oracle will assist in the transition and migration from !OpenOffice.org. All > of the content has already been archived and is ready for the ASF > infrastructure group to act on. > > == Initial Committers == > In order to help encourage the creation of a broad and diverse project built > upon merit, as required of an Apache project, we have not loaded the initial > committer list with contributors from a single company. Our intention is for > the initial committer list to be representative of the various users of OOo > code. It is perfectly all right to have your name on this list if you > contribute in another way than to commit program code (please maintain > alphabetical ordering). > ||<tablewidth="897px" tableheight="714px">'''Name''' ||'''Email''' > ||'''Affiliation''' ||'''iCLA''' || > ||Kai Ahrens ||ka at openoffice dot org ||Individual !OpenOffice.org, > [[http://graphics.openoffice.org|graphics.openoffice.org]] || || > ||Eric Bachard ||ericb at openoffice dot org > ||[[http://www.educoo.org|EducOOo]],[[http://education.openoffice.org/|Education > Project]] || || > ||Mathias Bauer ||mba at openoffice dot org ||Individual !OpenOffice.org > ||yes || > ||Stephan Bergmann || s...@openoffice.org ||Individual !OpenOffice.org || || > ||Raphael Bircher || r.birc...@gmx.ch > ||[[http://www.raphaelbircher.ch|Individual]] !OpenOffice.org QA, and > Infrastructure || || > ||Ben Bois ||benbois at ooo4kids dot org ||[[http://www.educoo.org|EducOOo]] > / [[http://wiki.ooo4kids.org|OOo4Kids]] / > [[http://wiki.ooolight.org|OOoLight]] designer || || > ||Andy Brown ||andy at the-marin-byrd dot net ||Individual ||yes || > ||Simon Brouwer ||simonbr at openoffice dot org > ||[[http://nl.openoffice.org/|Dutch Native Language Project]] ||yes || > ||Alexandro Colorado || j...@openoffice.org > ||[[http://education.openoffice.org/|Education Project]] || || > ||Fred-Juan DIAZ ||fred-juan.diaz at educoo dot org > ||[[http://www.educoo.org|EducOOo]] tester || || > ||Robert Burrell Donkin || rdon...@apache.org ||Individual ||yes || > ||Olaf Felka ||of at openoffice.org ||individual, QA, > [[http://qa.openoffice.org/ooQAReloaded/FrameworkTeamsite/ooQA-TeamFramework.html|Framework]] > || || > ||David Fisher || w...@apache.org ||individual ||yes || > ||Marcelo Horacio Fortino || mfort...@estrategiasgnulinux.com ||Individual > || || > ||Jaime R. Garza ||<<MailTo(garzaj AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com)>> ||Individual > || || > ||Roman Gelbort || elprofero...@openoffice.org > ||[[http://openoffice.org/people/307558-elproferoman|Spanish and Marketing > project]] || || > ||Luis E. Vasquez || levar...@openoffice.org ||Individual || || > ||Christian Grobmeier ||grobmeier AT apache dor org ||Individual ||yes || > ||Wolf Halton || wolf.hal...@gmail.com ||http://atlantacloudtech.com || || > ||Dennis E. Hamilton || dennis.hamil...@acm.org ||Individual ([[orcmid]]) || > || > ||Ivo Hinkelmann ||ihi at openoffice dot org ||Individual || || > ||Eric Hoch || mave...@openoffice.org ||Co-Lead > [[http://de.openoffice.org/|German Native Language Project]], MacPorting > Project || || > ||Martin Hollmichel || m...@openoffice.org ||Release Manager, OOo external > project lead || || > ||imacat || ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw ||[[http://educoo.tw|EducOOo Taiwan]], > [[http://zh.openoffice.org|Traditional Chinese]] || || > ||Jim Jagielski || j...@apache.org ||Individual ||yes || > ||Christoph Jopp || j...@gmx.de ||Individual ||yes || > ||Marcus Lange || m...@openoffice.org ||Individual > [[http://download.openoffice.org|download.openoffice.org]] || || > ||Steve Lee || st...@fullmeasure.co.uk ||Individual (a11y) ||yes || > ||Christian Lippka || c...@lippka.com ||Individual > [[http://graphics.openoffice.org|graphics.openoffice.org]] || || > ||Dieter Loeschky || d...@openoffice.org ||Individual > [[http://performance.openoffice.org|OOo Performance]], > [[http://council.openoffice.org/esc|OOo ESC]] || || > ||Ian Lynch || ian.ly...@theingots.org ||[[http://theingots.org|Marketing > Project/TLM]] || || > ||Carl Marcum || carl.mar...@codebuilders.net ||Individual > [[http://www.codebuilders.net|CodeBuilders.net]] ||yes || > ||Patrick Maupin || pmau...@gmail.com ||Individual || || > ||Ingrid von der Mehden ||iha at openoffice dot org > ||[[http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Chart2|OOo chart development]] > || || > ||Stephane Quenson ||stephane.quenson [at] gmail [dot] com ||Individual || > || > ||Eike Rathke ||ooo AT erack DOT de ||individual || || > ||Manfred Reiter ||fredao at openoffice dot org > ||[[http://theingots.org|Marketing Project/TLM]] || || > ||Zoltán Reizinger || r4z...@openoffice.org ||Individual qa user forum || || > ||Phillip Rhodes || prho...@fogbeam.com ||[[http://www.fogbeam.com|Fogbeam > Labs]] ||yes || > ||Andrew Rist || andrew.r...@oracle.com ||[[http://oracle.com/|Oracle]] > ||yes || > ||Lawrence Rosen || lro...@rosenlaw.com > ||[[http://www.rosenlaw.com/|Individual]] ||yes || > ||Juergen Schmidt ||jsc at openoffice dot org ||Individual > [[http://api.openoffice.org|API]], > [[http://extensions.openoffice.org|Extensions]] || || > ||Jomar Silva ||homembit at gmail ||Individual > ([[http://www.homembit.com|homembit]]) || || > ||Kai Sommerfeld ||kso at openoffice dot org ||Individual !OpenOffice.org || > || > ||Mechtilde Stehmann || mechti...@openoffice.org ||qa officer || || > ||Michael Stehmann || mikea...@openoffice.org ||individual || || > ||Greg Stein ||gstein at gmail ||individual ||yes || > ||Michael Stahl ||mst at openoffice dot org ||Individual !OpenOffice.org || > || > ||Carl Symons || carlsym...@gmail.com ||Individual || || > ||Stefan Taxhet ||stx123 at gmail > ||[[http://www.linkedin.com/in/stefantaxhet|Individual]], > [[http://openoffice.org/people/4-Stefan-Taxhet|OpenOffice.org]] || || > ||Malte Timmermann || m...@openoffice.org > ||[[http://www.linkedin.com/in/maltetimmermann|Individual]], > [[http://security.openoffice.org/|OpenOffice.org Security]] and > Accessibility || || > ||Rob Weir || robert_w...@us.ibm.com ||[[http://ibm.com/|IBM]] ||yes || > ||Yong Lin Ma || mayo...@cn.ibm.com ||[[http://symphony.lotus.com|IBM, > Symphony Architect]] ||yes || > ||Lei Wang || l...@cn.ibm.com ||[[http://symphony.lotus.com|IBM, > Spreadsheet]] || || > ||Drew Jensen || d...@baseanswers.com ||Individual > [[http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:Drew|TDF]] > [[http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:DrewJensen|OpenOffice]] > ||yes || > ||Graham Lauder || yori...@openoffice.org ||!OpenOffice.org !MarCon > [[http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html|(Marketing Contact) New > Zealand]] || || > ||Florent André || flor...@apache.org ||individual ||yes || > ||Allen Pulsifer ||pulsifer at openoffice.org ||individual || || > ||Herbert Duerr || h...@openoffice.org ||individual || || > ||Kazunari Hirano || khir...@openoffice.org ||individual || || > ||Kent Åberg || kent.ab...@newformat.se > ||[[http://www.newformat.se/newformat/eng/newformat-home-index.html|NewFormat]] > || || > ||Maho NAKATA || m...@openoffice.org ||ja/qa project lead, FBSD porting || > || > ||Miguel Á. Ríos ||mariosv@miguelangel dot mobi ||Individual || || > ||Dave !McKay || thegur...@openoffice.org ||Individual || || > ||Louis Suárez-Potts || lo...@openoffice.org ||individual || || > ||Fernand Vanrie || s...@pmg.be ||individual || || > ||Arthur Buijs || artie...@openoffice.org > ||[[http://nl.openoffice.org/|Dutch Native Language Project]] ||Yes || > ||Dave Barton || d...@tasit.net > ||[[http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org|Tutorials For OpenOffice]] || || > ||Jian Fang Zhang || zhan...@cn.ibm.com ||[[http://symphony.lotus.com|IBM, > Symphony Chief Programmer, G11N, Security]] ||Yes || > ||Zhe Wang || wangz...@cn.ibm.com ||[[http://symphony.lotus.com|IBM, > Impress]] || || > ||Don Harbison || donald_harbi...@us.ibm.com ||[[http://ibm.com/|IBM]] ||Yes > || > ||Jian Hong Cheng || chen...@cn.ibm.com ||[[http://symphony.lotus.com|IBM, > Writer, Impress]] || || > ||Chao Sun || sunc...@redoffice.com ||[[www.redoffice.com|RedOffice]] || || > ||Heng Lee || lih...@redoffice.com ||[[www.redoffice.com|RedOffice]] || || > ||Shu Wang Han || hanshuw...@redoffice.com ||[[www.redoffice.com|RedOffice]] > || || > ||Hong Yun An || anhong...@redoffice.com ||[[www.redoffice.com|RedOffice]] > || || > ||Jin Hua Chen || chenj...@cn.ibm.com ||IBM, Symphony Presentation || || > ||Yegor Kozlov || ye...@apache.org ||individual ||yes || > ||Juan C. Sanz || jucasac...@openoffice.org ||Spanish documentation || || > ||Peter Junge || p...@openoffice.org ||Individual || || > ||Cyril Beaussier ||oooforum at free dot fr > ||[[http://user.services.openoffice.org/fr|French forum > admin]],[[http://fr.openoffice.org/|French Project webmaster]] || || > ||Damjan Jovanovic || dam...@apache.org ||individual ||yes || > ||Fernando Cassia || fcas...@sdf.lonestar.org ||individual || || > > > > > = Sponsors = > == Champion == > Sam Ruby, Apache Foundation > > == Nominated Mentors == > Because of the scope and complexity of this proposed project, we believe > that the incubation process would benefit from multiple mentors, especially > ones willing to be the "point person" for each of the following disciplines: > > a. IP review > a. infrastructure > a. release management > a. community development > > Mentors (these are all Members of the Foundation): > > * Jim Jagielski > * Sam Ruby > * Danese Cooper > * Shane Curcuru > * Nóirín Plunkett > * Joe Schaefer > * Christian Grobmeier > * Ross Gardler > > == Sponsoring Entity == > The Apache Incubator > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
