+1 On Nov 30, 7:52 am, Dan Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Please vote on the acceptance of Wave into the Apache incubator. > > The proposal is available at:http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/WaveProposal > (for your convenience, a snapshot is also copied below) > > The earlier discussion thread can be found > at:http://apache.markmail.org/message/3ebtccdxvipp2732?q=general%40incub... > > The vote options: > > [ ] +1 Accept Wave for incubation > [ ] +0 Don't care > [ ] -1 Reject for the following reason: > > The vote is open for 72 hours. > > Thanks, > -Dan > > Apache Wave Proposal (Apache Incubator) > > = Abstract = > > Apache Wave is the project where wave technology is developed at Apache. > Wave in a Box (WIAB) is the name of the main product at the moment, which is > a server that hosts and federates waves, supports extensive APIs, and > provides a rich web client. This project also includes an implementation of > the Wave Federation protocol, to enable federated collaboration systems > (such as multiple interoperable Wave In a Box instances). > > = Proposal = > > A wave is a hosted, live, concurrent data structure for rich communication. > It can be used like email, chat, or a document. > > WIAB is a server that hosts waves. The best analogy for this is a mail > server with a web client. WIAB is comprised of a few high-level components: > the client and the server. They have the following major functionality > (though this is not an exhaustive list): > > * Client > *A dynamic web client for users to create, edit, and search waves. Users > can access this client by directly visiting the server in a browser. > * Gadgets provide the ability to insert, view, and modify the UI -- > exposing the Wave Gadgets API > (http://code.google.com/apis/wave/extensions/gadgets/guide.html) > * A console client that can create and edit waves via a command-line-like > interface. > * Server > * Hosts and stores waves. WIAB comes with a default storage mechanism. The > administrators of the server may configure it to use alternative storage > mechanisms. > * Indexing, allowing for searching the waves a user has access to. > * Basic authentication, configurable to delegate to other systems. > * Federation, allowing separate Wave in a Box servers to communicate with > each other using the Wave Federation Protocol > (http://www.waveprotocol.org/federation). > * Robots, using the Wave Robots API, > (http://code.google.com/apis/wave/extensions/robots/) may interact with waves > on a WIAB instance. > > = Background = > > Wave expresses a new metaphor for communication: hosted conversations. This > was created by Lars and Jens Rasmussen after observation of people's use of > many separate forms of communication to get something done, e.g, email, > chat, docs, blogs, twitter, etc. > > The vision has always been to better the way people communicate and > collaborate. Building open protocols and sharing code available in an open > and free way is a critical part of that vision. Anyone should be able to > bring up their own wave server and communicate with others (much like SMTP). > > We hope this project will allow everyone to easily gain the benefits of Wave > with a standard implementation of Wave – in a box. > > = Rationale = > > Wave has shown it excels at small group collaboration when hosted by Google. > Although Wave will not continue as a standalone Google product, there is a > lot of interest from many organizations in both running Wave and building > upon the technology for new products. > > We are confident that with the community-centric development environment > fostered by the Apache Software Foundation, WIAB will thrive. > > = Initial Goals = > > The initial goals of the project are: > > 1. To migrate the codebase from code.google.com and integrate the project > with the ASF infrastructure (issue management, build, project site, etc). > 1. To quickly reach a state where it is possible to continue the > development of the Wave In a Box implementation under the ASF project. > 1. To add new committers to the project and grow the community in "The > Apache Way". > > = Current Status = > > The open source Wave in a Box project has existed in various forms for > approximately 16 months (starting out life as the FedOne open source > project). > > FedOne began in July 2009 in order to accelerate adoption of the wave > federation protocol, and serve as a proof of concept that a non-Google > implementation of the wave federation protocol could interoperate with the > Google production instance. It worked. FedOne's existence lead to a > prototype by Novell that demonstrated federation between Google Wave and > Novell Pulse (now known as Vibe). In addition, in May of 2010, SAP unveiled > a prototype version of SAP StreamWork that federated with both Novell Pulse > and Google Wave. All three systems interoperated, sharing real-time state, > and gadget updates. In May 2010 Google released significantly more code > (including the cross-browser rich text editor) to connect with other > components that were built from scratch, resulting in a simple web client. > > The project has grown over the last year to include many Google and > non-Google contributions. The project has picked up steam in recent months > as the direction of the standalone Google Wave product has shifted. At this > time the Wave in a Box project enjoys very active development, with new > features and functionality being added almost daily. The first Wave Protocol > Summit was recently held and included developers from a variety of > countries, companies, and organizations. > > The code base is a mixture of mature core code from Google Wave, and > somewhat immature integration code forming WIAB. WIAB is quickly becoming > highly functional and is already in a very "demoable" state. The > development mailing lists are very active indicating wide community > support. We recognize that now is a good time to migrate to the Apache > Foundation while the codebase and community is a manageable size. Assuming > the current momentum continues, we expect strong growth in the code and > community in the near future. > > == Meritocracy == > > The initial set of committers includes many Google employees, and there is > an active and growing community outside Google contributing to WIAB already > today. Google culture itself encourages meritocracy, and the community has > always grown – and will continue to grow – in this fashion. > > As shown by the initial committers list below, several members from outside > of Google have already demonstrated interest, skill, and commitment to > contributing to the project. These individuals have been recognized on > those merits by the initial committers. Their selection as the first wave > of new committers is a sign of the burgeoning meritocracy. > > == Community == > > Wave currently has a healthy community around waveprotocol.org, with > conversations hosted athttp://groups.google.com/group/wave-protocol. We > plan to move this community to the Apache Software Foundation incubator. > > == Core Developers == > > The initial committers comes from a variety of backgrounds and includes many > from Google. There are a few existing Apache committers amongst this initial > group. We anticipate early future committers coming from places like > Novell, SAP, companies related to the US Navy's usage of wave, startups in > the wave ecosystem, and many independent individuals. > > == Alignment == > > The developers of WIAB want to work with the Apache Software Foundation > because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation with good > infrastructure and support for developing projects in an open community. As > WIAB continues to grow, the community will look to both reuse available > Apache projects as well as look for opportunities to contribute back to the > larger Apache community. > > = Known Risks = > > == Orphaned products == > > Wave is a new means for communication, and thus it is still maturing. While > the initial implementation (Google Wave) did not gain sufficient traction > for it to continue as a standalone Google product, there are other related > projects (e.g. Novell Vibe, SAP StreamWork), and several startups in the > space that are continuing to build on the technology. In addition, the US > Navy has contracted with four companies as part of evaluating using wave > technology on every ship. The community itself is still growing, with > several new contributors recently added. > > == Inexperience with Open Source == > > The initial committers have varying degrees of experience with open source > projects. Many from the community are familiar with open source. > > == Homogeneous Developers == > > The initial set of developers does include many from Google. However, the > project has accepted many patches from independent individuals, and some > have already gained committership. Several companies have expressed interest > and forty individuals participated in the Wave Summit. > > == Reliance on Salaried Developers == > > Following Google's change of focus for Wave in August, some of Wave's Google > developers have chosen to continue working on Wave, but it is imperative > that we continue to grow the community larger in the coming months. > > == Relationships with Other Apache Products == > > We currently use the following libraries from Apache > * Commons CLI > * Commons Codec > * Commons HttpClient > * Commons Logging > * Velocity > * Ant > > We've also contributed the Wave Gadget implementation into the Apache > Shindig project. > > = Documentation = > > Entry point for documentation of all the specs and > designs.http://waveprotocol.org/ > > Wave Robots APIhttp://code.google.com/apis/wave/extensions/robots/ > > Wave Gadgets APIhttp://code.google.com/apis/wave/extensions/gadgets/guide.html > > = Initial Source = > > The initial source will come > fromhttp://code.google.com/p/wave-protocol/source/browse/. This consists of > the > Java code necessary for the client and server. These are already open source > repositories licensed under the Apache Public License. > > = Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan = > > Beginning with the initial unveiling, Google published a liberal patent > license: > > Subject to the terms and conditions of this ... > > read more »
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