Re: Where to get feedback on a project before formulating a proposal

2020-11-25 Thread Daniel Widdis
Yes, of course. Still will need a few others. I’ll try to put together a mentor recruitment post and send it here in a few weeks. > On 25 Nov 2020, at 16:24, Justin Mclean wrote: > > Hi, > >> The idea was first brought up over a year ago by a member of the community, >> although it's

Where to get feedback on a project before formulating a proposal

2020-11-23 Thread Daniel Widdis
I manage a mature open source project (as the “benevolent dictator”) and am considering transitioning my project to community management in the Apache Way. I have spent a few weeks reading about the Apache Incubator process including most documentation I can find on the site, conference

Re: [VOTE] Graduate Apache Ratis as TLP Project

2021-01-31 Thread Daniel Widdis
Adding my congratulations and a non-binding +1 On 1/29/21, 12:32 PM, "Uma gangumalla" wrote: Dear Incubator Community, We have discussed Apache Ratis Podling graduation in the incubator general DISCUSS thread[1] and We did not see any objections to proceed for voting. Here is

Re: Travis job on github

2021-02-03 Thread Daniel Widdis
The delays at Travis were primarily due to a few things: - Limited capacity and high demand - Abuse of the free service by cryptocurrency miners The problem of the crypto miners has been pretty much resolved, but 1 would still be an issue on Travis if there hadn't been a mass exit to GHA last

Re: Travis job on github

2021-01-28 Thread Daniel Widdis
The quota is for private repos. Public/open-source repos are essentially unlimited. On 1/28/21, 9:44 PM, "Weiwei Yang" wrote: Thank you all for the suggestions. Looks like github action is an option, we'll give a try. Noticed they offer 2000 action minutes/month[1] for free, I

Re: Travis job on github

2021-02-02 Thread Daniel Widdis
; > > > > > > > https://github.com/jenkinsci/warnings-ng-plugin/blob/master/SUPPORTED-FORMATS.md > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 at 00:53, leerho wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-23 Thread Daniel Widdis
I've been following this thread and continue to see phrases such as "major contributors" and "significant contributions". Given the entire premise of the conversation here is on whether there are legal claims to IP, could you clarify, objectively, what defines "major" and/or "significant"?

Re: [RESULT] [VOTE] Release Apache NLPCraft - Java Client (incubating) 0.7.5

2021-05-22 Thread Daniel Widdis
1. Calvin Kirs's vote was non-binding. 2. The only two binding votes were carried over from the PPMC. Seems the main purpose of posting on this list is to get review from IPMC members who have not yet seen it. 3. As Justin pointed out, 72 hours haven't passed, giving IPMC members other than

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache NLPCraft - Java Client (incubating) 0.7.5

2021-05-22 Thread Daniel Widdis
It seems to me that knowing who has carryover votes is not important for a lazy consensus vote. The +1 votes are not really required except in the rare case they might be needed to counter a -1; in which case I'd suggest intentional action following the -1 would make more sense than saying "oh

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Sedona 1.0.1-incubating RC1

2021-05-22 Thread Daniel Widdis
The scala configuration file [1] appears to be a copy from [2] or its github source at [3]. [1] ./examples/sql/src/test/resources/scalastyle_config.xml [2] http://www.scalastyle.org/scalastyle_config.xml [3]

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-12 Thread Daniel Widdis
I have no concerns. I am not a member of the IPMC, just an interested participant in the conversation. On 7/11/21, 11:25 PM, "Rohit Yadav" wrote: Hi Daniel, Justin, IPMC, Are you happy with the answers to satisfaction? Do you have any other questions/concerns, or can we continue

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache TubeMQ (Incubating) 0.8.0-incubating RC2

2021-02-10 Thread Daniel Widdis
To continue to provide clarity: The current version (7.5.11) still has AL2.0 licensing; I just downloaded it to confirm. Any version from 7.3.7 and newer (at this point in time) is an acceptable dependency. If Oracle chooses to change the license again for future releases that could pose a

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache TubeMQ (Incubating) 0.8.0-incubating RC2

2021-02-10 Thread Daniel Widdis
I believe there may be some confusion between Berkeley DB which is indeed GNU AGPL v3, and Berkeley DB JE (Java Edition) which was previously GNU AGPL v3 but switched to Apache License 2.0 with the 7.3.7 release. Current Berkeley DB JE license is at [3] 3.

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache TubeMQ (Incubating) 0.8.0-incubating RC2

2021-02-10 Thread Daniel Widdis
specification in your LICENSE file, and whether there are any additional actions you should take to require this minimum version. From: Goson zhang Reply-To: Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 9:20 PM To: Daniel Widdis Cc: Subject: Re: [VOTE] Release Apache TubeMQ (Incubating) 0.8.0

Re: JPMS Projects?

2021-03-17 Thread Daniel Widdis
Thanks for your clarifications. Regarding "Apache" = "Quality", I'd be careful. Apache asserts [1] a maxim of "Community over code". While certainly a broad community inevitably leads to better code, and Apache is a good starting point, given the specificity of your request I might start

Re: JPMS Projects?

2021-03-18 Thread Daniel Widdis
to begin your search with such projects. I'll back out of this conversation now and let others answer or redirect you to other resources. Dan On 3/17/21, 10:21 PM, "Daniel Widdis" wrote: Thanks for your clarifications. Regarding "Apache" = "Quality", I'd

Re: [IP CLEARANCE] Apache Maven - Mvndaemon

2021-09-05 Thread Daniel Widdis
On 9/5/21, 7:16 PM, "Olivier Lamy" wrote: Again the project is already Apache license from the start so any contribution will be de facto ASF compliant *** Linked from the blog post I cited earlier justifies this statement.

Re: [IP CLEARANCE] Apache Maven - Mvndaemon

2021-09-05 Thread Daniel Widdis
On 9/5/21, 7:46 PM, "Justin Mclean" wrote: You’ll note [1] says "All contributors of ideas, code, or documentation to any Apache projects must complete, sign, and submit via email an Individual Contributor License Agreement(ICLA).’ however we do allow people to contribute without signing

Re: [IP CLEARANCE] Apache Maven - Mvndaemon

2021-09-05 Thread Daniel Widdis
I agree in general, and due diligence is specifically warranted for the case you cite here: > often with software grants the license changes to ALv2 just before donation So to narrow the conversation for this specific case: The LICENSE file was added to the repo 2019-09-30 and all files in the

Re: [IP CLEARANCE] Apache Maven - Mvndaemon

2021-09-05 Thread Daniel Widdis
quot;Olivier Lamy" wrote: On Mon, 6 Sept 2021 at 12:13, Daniel Widdis wrote: > Code size is not the only measure of significance. > > Without any specialty knowledge of the domain, I would consider this > security fix probably significant. > https://github.c

Re: [IP CLEARANCE] Apache Maven - Mvndaemon

2021-09-05 Thread Daniel Widdis
I looked into every commit to this repository. https://github.com/mvndaemon/mvnd/graphs/contributors I understand from the thread there are CLAs from the two main contributors. Of the remaining 11 committers: - lanmaoxinqing had one substantive commit of +87/-9 lines. - Syquel had one

Re: [IP CLEARANCE] Apache Maven - Mvndaemon

2021-09-05 Thread Daniel Widdis
Code size is not the only measure of significance. Without any specialty knowledge of the domain, I would consider this security fix probably significant. https://github.com/mvndaemon/mvnd/pull/391 fixing https://github.com/mvndaemon/mvnd/issues/390 However, the AL2.0 license states: > Unless

Re: Can we use the GitHub's "transferring a repository" feature after IP clearance

2021-11-23 Thread Daniel Widdis
I can't speak to the specifics of Apache, but I have used the repository transfer feature to move a project from a personal account to an organizational account, and it preserves all the issues, PRs, commit history, etc., simply changing the Github URL. I wouldn't think there would be any

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Wayang (Incubating) 0.6.0-RC5

2021-11-06 Thread Daniel Widdis
> taking creative common license code and making modifications to it I visited the indicated page [1] and there is no code there. The code appears to have represented connecting letters to match the image on that page. The license on the image itself [2] indicates that it is public domain. I

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Wayang (Incubating) 0.6.0-RC5

2021-11-07 Thread Daniel Widdis
Generally in agreement, but: > given there may be a license issue and it's very easy to fix, why not fix it? Any "fix" will look like the old code and thus be "modified". The new graph in this case happens to have the same number of nodes and arcs as the original copyrighted artwork, but

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Wayang (Incubating) 0.6.0-RC5

2021-11-07 Thread Daniel Widdis
> It unclear what has been used from that page, there is text, code and images > on it all under different licenses. It's very clear to me. The code you linked to is simply a representation of what nodes link to what other nodes by a directed arc. For example, the top two sites labeled B and

Re: [VOTE] Accept Hugegraph into the Apache Incubator

2022-01-17 Thread Daniel Widdis
+1 (non-binding) On 1/15/22, 3:22 PM, "Willem Jiang" wrote: Hi all, Following up the [DISCUSS] thread on Hugegraph[1], I would like to call a VOTE to accept Hugegraph into the Apache Incubator. Please cast your vote: [ ] +1, bring Hugegraph into the Incubator [ ]

Re: Chunjun Proposal

2022-02-24 Thread Daniel Widdis
Hi, LuNing. I am not an IPC member, just an interested open source enthusiast looking for a project to contribute to. I was excited about contributing to another project that recently joined the incubator but as someone who only speaks English, I have had a challenge when a large number of

Re: [VOTE] graduate Apache Doris (Incubating) as a Top Level Project

2022-04-23 Thread Daniel Widdis
+1 (non-binding) On 4/23/22, 7:26 PM, "陈明雨" wrote: Dear Incubator Community, After having the discussion in Doris community[1][2], we have passed the community vote[3]. And then made a discussion in general@incubator[4]. We got a lot of positive responses. And have

Re: [DISCUSSION] Incubating Proposal of Firestorm

2022-05-16 Thread Daniel Widdis
I trust your lawyer will know better than I will about the trademark. I simply entered "firestorm software" into a search engine and got a product that's not yours, available since at least July 2017. This site [1] has the general naming guidance and the existence of the other software may

Re: Proposal

2022-05-16 Thread Daniel Widdis
I'm not an ASF warlord or general. In fact, I don't think such things exist. It's about community. Decisions are made by communities. Warlords, generals, and benevolent dictators don't fit well. Related, I don't see anything "community" in your post. You state "I" have got code, not "we".

Re: Proposal

2022-05-18 Thread Daniel Widdis
/ From: m sacks Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 5:58 PM To: Daniel Widdis , Subject: Re: Proposal So I’m not sure if this made it either: is there at least one person interested in collaborating on this project it involves GPT three? On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 10:47 PM m sacks wrote

Re: [DISCUSSION] Incubating Proposal of Firestorm

2022-05-22 Thread Daniel Widdis
Adding onto this, even if there may be no legal trademark issue, there is other software by this name which makes it less than desirable. Quoted from [1] > Avoiding search-results confusion is important for another reason. Apache > projects are often very quickly highly ranked. An Apache

Re: [DISCUSSION] Incubating Proposal of Uniffle

2022-05-24 Thread Daniel Widdis
+1 (non-binding) from me! Good luck! On 5/24/22, 9:05 AM, "Jerry Shao" wrote: Hi all, Due to the name issue in thread ( https://lists.apache.org/thread/y07xjkqzvpchncym9zr1hgm3c4l4ql0f), we figured out a new project name "Uniffle" and created a new Thread. Please help to

Re: [DISCUSSION] Incubating Proposal of Uniffle

2022-05-24 Thread Daniel Widdis
On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 8:49 PM Ye Xianjin wrote: > > > +1 (non-binding). > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On May 25, 2022, at 9:59 AM, Goson zhang wrote: > > > > > > +1 (non-binding) >

Re: [DISCUSSION] Incubating Proposal of Firestorm

2022-05-18 Thread Daniel Widdis
+1 to this. Would love to see both groups come together. On 5/17/22, 11:50 PM, "Sheng Wu" wrote: Hi Firestorm community Considering what Yu Li is proposing, I would recommend you could do some discussions directly, maybe off the list if you want. Both of the projects are

Re: [IP CLEARANCE] Arrow Flight SQL JDBC Driver

2022-07-18 Thread Daniel Widdis
org/thread/w3btsx6l8gf0ognds8b6bng1ng4ccg00 -David On 2022/07/18 04:58:00 Daniel Widdis wrote: > Thanks for the clarity, David. > > Given the clear "commit trail" for individual committers and the ICLAs I don't see a problem there. I think the only question that

Re: [IP CLEARANCE] Arrow Flight SQL JDBC Driver

2022-07-16 Thread Daniel Widdis
here does not appear to have ever been any different headers. [5] - https://github.com/rafael-telles/arrow/tree/flight-jdbc-driver [6] - https://github.com/apache/arrow/compare/master...rafael-telles:arrow:flight-jdbc-driver On 7/16/22, 11:13 AM, "Daniel Widdis" wrote:

Re: [IP CLEARANCE] Arrow Flight SQL JDBC Driver

2022-07-17 Thread Daniel Widdis
> > Isn't developing on a fork of the project and submitting a PR considered "developed inside the project”? > Sure, but then you usually don’t need a software grant. Ah, but I do. When submitting a PR to an ASF project (e.g., [1]) I have had to either submit an ICLA (which I have)

Re: [IP CLEARANCE] Arrow Flight SQL JDBC Driver

2022-07-16 Thread Daniel Widdis
Isn't developing on a fork of the project and submitting a PR considered "developed inside the project"? When I contribute to Apache projects, I fork the project, write code using the project's headers, and submit a PR from my fork. I never claim copyright as my own or use my own header.

Re: [IP CLEARANCE] Arrow Flight SQL JDBC Driver

2022-07-16 Thread Daniel Widdis
Based on this blog post [1] it appears that the entire development was done in a sequence of draft PRs on the Arrow site (and on a fork), with the intention of donating it, and using ASF headers. Proposal: [2] Initial POC work: [3] Experimental version: [4] [1] -

Re: [IP CLEARANCE] Arrow Flight SQL JDBC Driver

2022-07-17 Thread Daniel Widdis
Thanks for the clarity, David. Given the clear "commit trail" for individual committers and the ICLAs I don't see a problem there. I think the only question that may need a bit more clarity is the relationship of Dremio to the contributions. I know my own employer has boilerplate legal

Re: [VOTE] Accept StreamPark into the Apache Incubator

2022-08-29 Thread Daniel Widdis
A few additional comments here: 1. As Justin said, you can select which one you want to choose (and ALv2 is a good choice!). Some projects take extra measures to explicitly state which of the two options they elect. 2. The ALv2 + LGPL option is common, primarily to accommodate projects under

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Kyuubi(Incubating) v1.6.1-incubating rc0

2022-10-26 Thread Daniel Widdis
For my own education, I dug into this particular LICENSE [1] which is not just plain GPL2, it is granted under the Universal FOSS License version 1.0 [2]. But it's still Category X despite this. The question for this specific software is answered at [3] with suggestions for what to do instead.