OpenZipkin isn't a formal entity. The primary fork (master copy) was
moved from twitter to a github org named OpenZipkin. We aren't moving
any downstream forks to the exist they still exist for Lookout or any
other person.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 10:40 AM Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is OpenZipkin a formal entity?
>
> What about Lookout who also had a fork (according to the references)?
>
> At Twitter you might try Remy DeCausemaker.
>
> Regards,
> Dave
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 18, 2018, at 6:59 PM, Adrian Cole <adrian.f.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, John
> >
> > Thanks for the input. So, I would hazard a guess that Twitter folks
> > would like to help with this. I'm not sure who would want to hunt
> > through the management chain to find someone to reverse-own a decision
> > made 3 years ago, though! Regardless, on my part, I'll see if I can
> > find a champion inside Twitter to resurrect and SGA.
> >
> > Best,
> > -A
> >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 9:36 AM John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> 
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Adrian.  Some comments/banter below.
> >>
> >> Migrating a repository from one org to another does not require an SGA.  If
> >> it did, we would not be able to have code living in our repos that had
> >> headers other than the ASF standard headers (e.g. BSD licenses, or Apache
> >> License w/ different copyright statements).  The SGA is used to replace the
> >> headers with the standard ASF headers.  We should not block migrating the
> >> repositories over while the SGA/ICLA is worked out.
> >>
> >> Resolving the SGA/ICLA situation would block graduation - we should ensure
> >> that the provenance is in place, which is part of the incubation process.
> >> This doesn't need to be solved on day 1, but by the time the podling is
> >> ready to graduate.
> >>
> >> With that said, from a pure foundation standpoint it would be ideal to
> >> receive a SGA from Twitter.  Even if the current code doesn't match the
> >> code at the time of Twitter's conversion, it gives us a better IP history
> >> for the codebase to answer questions and deal with any potential problems
> >> that may come up along the way.  However, to be realistic I believe if we
> >> receive an ICLA from the primary contributors based on [1], that should
> >> satisfy enough providence of the codebase, in addition to the contribution
> >> process that Adrian has pointed out below.
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> [1]: https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin/graphs/contributors
> >>
> >>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 9:25 PM Adrian Cole <adrian.f.c...@gmail.com> 
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> There was a process involved at Twitter when we first moved it to the
> >>> openzipkin organization. It was 100% clear that this was an act for
> >>> the community to control the code.  Senior management were involved
> >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/zipkin-user/fbOgEZpuQx4/bWH1-__EmCoJ
> >>>
> >>> After that, all the repositories had contributing files like the below
> >>> indicating that all changes we to be redistributable under ASL
> >>>
> >>> https://github.com/openzipkine/zipkin/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md#license
> >>> <https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md#license>
> >>>
> >>> There was no collection of contributor agreements beyond this. Most of
> >>> the code except save some UI assets have been completely rewritten
> >>> since the migration to OpenZipkin a few years back.
> >>>
> >>> Hope these details help,
> >>> -A
> >>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 9:09 AM Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Mick,
> >>>>
> >>>> tldr; with my Incubator PMC hat on, "all that needs to be done" is to
> >>> establish that all of the copyright owners sign either a Software Grant or
> >>> an ICLA.
> >>>>
> >>>> In order to establish that Apache has the rights to the code base, every
> >>> line of code needs to have its provenance researched.
> >>>>
> >>>> Looking at the proposal https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/ZipkinProposal
> >>> it seems like most of the code is in the github repository
> >>> https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin . Is there any code coming from
> >>> another source? Was the original code from Twitter granted to OpenZipkin?
> >>> Is there any documentation of that copyright transfer? Does Twitter retain
> >>> any rights?
> >>>>
> >>>> The capitalization of the "Initial Source" section is a bit strange. But
> >>> can we assume that the only committers to the project are listed at
> >>> https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin/graphs/contributors ?
> >>>>
> >>>> The proposal also says that "All source code is copyrighted to 'The
> >>> OpenZipkin Authors', to which the existing core community(members list in
> >>> Initial Committers) has the rights to re-assign to the ASF. "
> >>>>
> >>>> It looks like there were many people who contributed a few lines of
> >>> code. Did they sign anything like a Contributor Agreement that grants 
> >>> their
> >>> copyright to The OpenZipkin Authors?
> >>>>
> >>>> Craig
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Sep 18, 2018, at 4:58 PM, Mick Semb Wever <m...@apache.org> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It's come up that the migration of the github Zipkin repositories to
> >>> ASF requires either a signed SGA or a sign-off from the Secretary. Chris
> >>> raised this on `INFRA-16989 – Zipkin incubator project request for the
> >>> GitHub repositories moving service`.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I was under the impression that if the Copyright was already held by
> >>> the community, it is held by 'The OpenZipkin Authors', that the ICLA from
> >>> all those authors would suffice and a SGA not be required. And it's news 
> >>> to
> >>> me that this would also require a sign-off from the ASF Secretary.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What's the correct process here? who can help? should I forward the
> >>> question to the Secretary?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> regards,
> >>>>> Mick
> >>>>>
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