No way, Marko! This is AWESOME!! As many people had mentioned before, you need Champion who is Apache member and mentors who are member of Incubator PMCs.
And please do follow the format of the proposal as Hadrian mentioned in his reply. So excited! - Henry On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Marko Rodriguez <okramma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > My name is Marko A. Rodriguez and am a co-founder of TinkerPop ( > http://tinkerpop.com). There has been positive pressure on us (both > internally and externally) to move TinkerPop to The Apache Foundation. This > email contains our proposal and I, on behalf of TinkerPop, thank you for > spending your time reading it. > > Take care, > Marko. > > http://markorodriguez.com > > ------------------------------------ > > > > *A. Abstract* > > TinkerPop is a graph computing framework written in Java -- > http://tinkerpop.com. TinkerPop started in 2009 and is currently in the > milestone series of 3.0.0. Graph system vendors such as in-memory graph > libraries, OLTP graph databases, and OLAP graph processors can provide a > TinkerPop implementation ( > http://markorodriguez.com/2013/01/09/on-graph-computing/). Once the core > TinkerPop interfaces are implemented, the underlying graph system can be > queried using the graph traversal language Gremlin. TinkerPop was designed > to be used at any scale and as such, can be leveraged by both single-server > and multi-machine compute clusters. For many, TinkerPop is seen as the JDBC > of the graph computing community ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Database_Connectivity). > > *B. Proposal* > > Since its inception in 2009, TinkerPop has been open source, free to use. > Initially the license was BSD, but as of TinkerPop3, the license is > Apache2. The TinkerPop team is composed of developers as well as > representatives from numerous graph system vendors ( > http://www.tinkerpop.com/docs/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/#tinkerpop-contributors). > TinkerPop has done its best to remain vendor agnostic and works closely > with vendors to ensure that the constructs within TinkerPop are able to > accommodate the requirements of the underlying graph system. To date, over > 12 graph system vendors provide TinkerPop implementations. We believe that > by joining The Apache Foundation, our vendors, users, and contributors will > feel more comfortable in terms of legal protected, in terms of > wider-adoption, and in terms of project stability. > > *C. Background* > > TinkerPop was founded in 2009 and has had steady, active development > since. Over the years, the Gremlin query language within TinkerPop has been > adopted by various JVM languages and as such, there exists Gremlin-Groovy, > Gremlin-Scala, Gremlin-Clojure, Gremlin-JavaScript, and the like. In many > ways, Gremlin is seen as a traversal language style that can be readily > adopted by developers --- on and off the JVM. TinkerPop is not bound to the > JVM in that developers wishing to interact with a TinkerPop-enabled graph > system can leverage Gremlin Server which provides "over the wire" > communication as well as the entry point for non-JVM language bindings. > TinkerPop is being used is production graph-based applications around the > world and is only getting better with age. > > *D. Rationale* > > The graph computing space has grown over the years to encompass numerous > graph database and graph processing systems. TinkerPop was created as a > unifying framework for interoperability, language standardization, and data > model standardization. This framework makes it simple to "plug and play" > the back-end graph implementation without affecting the developer's code. > This is analogous to the way in which JDBC allows users to swap relational > databases while keeping the same programming interface. TinkerPop also > brings together OLTP systems (graph databases) and OLAP systems (graph > processors) by providing a single query language, Gremlin, for executing > graph algorithms transparently over either type of system. Finally, > TinkerPop unifies single-machine systems and distributed systems, > presenting an identical user experience within the boundaries of the > computational space and time constraints of the underlying graph system. > > *E. Initial Goals* > > The goal of this proposal is to migrate TinkerPop to The Apache Foundation > to 1.) get more exposure to the project and 2.) legally protect the > developers and contributors of TinkerPop. > > *F. Current Status* > > TinkerPop is planning to release TinkerPop 3.0.0.GA early 2015 -- January > or February. We would like to release TinkerPop 3.0.0.GA under The Apache > Foundation. > > *G. Meritocracy* > > Anyone is welcome to join TinkerPop as a contributor. If an individual > provides successful code updates, documentation updates, etc. then they are > asked to join TinkerPop contributors. Once inside TinkerPop, they are able > to voice their opinions/thoughts on the direction of the project. Moreover, > TinkerPop actively seeks vendors who leverage TinkerPop in their offering > to place a representative on TinkerPop contributors who can speak on behalf > of their organization as it relates to the requirements of their graph > system. Every year or so, we list inactive members and request their > permission to purge them from TinkerPop contributors. In this way, we try > and keep the TinkerPop contributors to the most active, participating > members. > > *H. Community* > > There are 25 TinkerPop contributors which, of those, 12 are > representatives from the various graph system vendors in the market today. > The TinkerPop mailing list has over 1500+ subscribers with a flow of > approximately 10 emails a day > (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gremlin-users). > > *I. Core developers* > > The primary developers are Marko A. Rodriguez (http://markorodriguez.com) > and Stephen Mallette (http://stephen.genoprime.com/). Over the years, > numerous individuals have come and gone from TinkerPop. Other significant > contributors include Peter Neubauer, Joshua Shinavier, James Thornton, > Matthias Bröcheler, Daniel Kuppitz, Bryn Cooke, and others. Note that there > are numerous individuals that participate in the TinkerPop ecosystem by > providing language bindings and system implementations. While not > contributing to the core codebase per se, they support TinkerPop via their > software and lecture outreach. > > *J. Alignment * > > TinkerPop is licensed Apache2. The OLAP reference implementation that > distributes with TinkerPop is based on Hadoop (http://hadoop.apache.org) > and Giraph (http://giraph.apache.org). There has been a push from vendors > and commercial organizations interested in ensuring TinkerPop has the legal > support of a software foundation. We believe The Apache Foundation to be a > great home for TinkerPop. > > *K. Known Risks & Abandoned projects* > > TinkerPop is currently at TinkerPop 3.0.0.M6. By joining The Apache > Foundation, there is a significant amount of code and time that has passed > since TinkerPop's inception. However, we have done our best to secure CLAs > from contributors and have never gotten into a legal or political issue. > > *L. Inexperience with Open Source* > > The primary developers of TinkerPop have been providing TinkerPop source > and releases open source and in full public view since 2009 via both our > GitHub repository and our public mailing lists. We pride ourselves in > professional software, documentation, and aesthetics. With its integration > to numerous graph systems in the market, TinkerPop is truly a masterpiece > in a open source technology --- working with both open source and > commercial entities to ensure a solid, respected project. > > *M. Homogeneous Developers* > > The contributors to TinkerPop run the full gamut of software engineering > expertise. From low-level data serialization to high-level server > interactions, TinkerPop has contributors able to work at the requisite > level. The codebase is complex as it deals with numerous area of software > engineering including: distributed computing, open standards, language > bindings, query language compilers, OLTP databases, OLAP processors, etc. > Over the years, we have gathered a significant level of talent and as a > whole, have all grown as engineers. > > *N. Reliance on Salaried Developers* > > TinkerPop is open source and no individual is paid for their contributions > except for our logo designer. All the logos and documentation graphics are > released Apache2. > > *O. Relationships with Other Apache Projects* > > TinkerPop currently leverages Hadoop, Giraph, and in the near future, will > integrate with Spark. Internally, the project leverages Maven3, Apache > Configuration, and Apache Commons. > > *P. An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand* > > TinkerPop is primarily interested in The Apache Foundation for the legal > support and protection it can offer our developers and users. Numerous > large software organizations have urged TinkerPop to join a foundation so > that they may more easily provide contributors from their organization and > moreover, maintain confidence in building products atop TinkerPop. With > that said, TinkerPop does respect The Apache Foundation brand and believes > that by joining The Apache Foundation, we will further boost the > recognition and prestige of our product. Finally, note that a TinkerPop > book is slated for 2015 (http://www.tinkerpopbook.com/). Combining The > Apache Foundation and a long awaited book should ensure a new uptake of > contributors, users, and promoters. > > *Q. Documentation* > > TinkerPop takes pride in its documentation: > AsciiDoc: http://www.tinkerpop.com/docs/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/ > JavaDoc (core): http://www.tinkerpop.com/javadocs/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/core/ > JavaDoc (full): http://www.tinkerpop.com/javadocs/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/full/ > > *R. Initial Source* > > TinkerPop is currently hosted on GitHub. > https://github.com/tinkerpop/tinkerpop3 > > *S. Source & Intellectual Property Submission Plan* > > There are no known claims to violations of intellectual property. > > *T. External Dependencies * > > TinkerPop relies on open source and commercial vendors. We maintain > representatives from the various graph system projects on TinkerPop > contributors. These vendors, in turn, provide TinkerPop adaptors to their > technology and in fact, some of them provide TinkerPop as the sole > interface to their system. > > *U. Cryptography* > > None. > > *V. Required Resources* > > The only resource we see moving forward and if Apache wishes, is to fund > our logo designer when we need a logo. We currently spend about $500 a year > on logos. Please look through our documentation to see how much we love > giving character to our work. If this is not something that Apache can do, > then we will continue funding the creation of our artwork as we have done > in the past. > > *W. Mailing Lists* > > We currently have 2 mailing lists: > Gremlin-Users (public user forum): > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gremlin-users > TinkerPop-Contributors (private contributors forum): <private> > > *X. Subversion Directory* > > TinkerPop uses GitHub for its source control. > > *Y. Git Repository* > > TinkerPop's GitHub account is: https://github.com/tinkerpop/tinkerpop3 > > *Z. Issue Tracking* > > TinkerPop uses GitHub's issue tracker for tracking issues: > https://github.com/tinkerpop/tinkerpop3/issues > > *AA. Initial Committers* > > TinkerPop's contributors are listed here and all those that provide source > code commits have signed a CLA. > http://www.tinkerpop.com/docs/3.0.0.M6/#_graph_developers > > *BB. Affiliations * > > None. > > *CC. Sponsors* > > IBM (Kelvin Lawrence and Todd Moore) were the primary proponents of > pushing TinkerPop to join The Apache Foundation. The vendors that support > TinkerPop are listed here: > http://www.tinkerpop.com/docs/3.0.0.M6/#_graph_vendors > > > >
