Empire-db Incubation Status

item	type	reference
Website	www	http://incubator.apache.org/empire-db/
Users Mailing List	user	empire-db-user@incubator.apache.org
Developers Mailing List	dev	empire-db-dev@incubator.apache.org
Commits Mailing List	commits	empire-db-commits@incubator.apache.org
Bug tracking	JIRA	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/EMPIREDB
Source code	SVN	https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/empire-db
Mentors	tfischer	Thomas Fischer
.	dashorst	Martijn Dashorst
.	bimargulies	Benson Margulies
Committers	doebele	Rainer Döbele
.	bond	Matthew Bond
.	reiher	Jörg Reiher
.	mgamerdinger	Manuel Gamerdinger
.	francisdb	Francis De Brabander
.	benniven	Benjamin Venditti
.	ek	Eike Kettner

Incubation work items

Project Setup

This is the first phase on incubation, needed to start the project at Apache.

Item assignment is shown by the Apache id. Completed tasks are shown by the completion date (YYYY-MM-dd).

Identify the project to be incubated

date	item
2008-06-18	Make sure that the requested project name does not already exist and check www.nameprotect.com to be sure that the name is not already trademarked for an existing software product.
N/A	If request from an existing Apache project to adopt an external package, then ask the Apache project for the SVN module and mail address names.
N/A	If request from outside Apache to enter an existing Apache project, then post a message to that project for them to decide on acceptance.
....-..-..	If request from anywhere to become a stand-alone PMC, then assess the fit with the ASF, and create the lists and modules under the incubator address/module names if accepted.

Interim responsibility

date	item
2008-06-18	Identify all the Mentors for the incubation, by asking all that can be Mentors.
2008-07-08	Subscribe all Mentors on the pmc and general lists.
2008-07-08	Give all Mentors access to the incubator SVN repository. (to be done by the Incubator PMC chair or an Incubator PMC Member wih karma for the authorizations file)
....-..-..	Tell Mentors to track progress in the file 'incubator/projects/{project.name}.html'

date	item
2008-07-15	Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to the ASF been received. It is only necessary to transfer rights for the package, the core code, and any new code produced by the project.
2008-07-15	Check and make sure that the files that have been donated have been updated to reflect the new ASF copyright.

Verify distribution rights

date	item
2008-08-26	Check and make sure that for all code included with the distribution that is not under the Apache license, e have the right to combine with Apache-licensed code and redistribute.
2008-08-26	Check and make sure that all source code distributed by the project is covered by one or more of the following approved licenses: Apache, BSD, Artistic, MIT/X, MIT/W3C, MPL 1.1, or something with essentially the same terms.

Establish a list of active committers

date	item
2008-07-15	Check that all active committers have submitted a contributors agreement.
2008-07-??	Add all active committers in the STATUS file.
2008-07-??	Ask root for the creation of committers' accounts on people.apache.org.

Infrastructure

date	item
2008-07-15	Ask infrastructure to create source repository modules and grant the committers karma.
2008-07-15	Ask infrastructure to set up and archive Mailing lists.
2008-07-15	Decide about and then ask infrastructure to setup an issuetracking system (Bugzilla, Scarab, Jira).
2008-08-13	Migrate the project to our infrastructure.

Project specific

Add project specific tasks here.

Incubation

These action items have to be checked for during the whole incubation process.

These items are not to be signed as done during incubation, as they may change during incubation. They are to be looked into and described in the status reports and completed in the request for incubation signoff.

Collaborative Development

Have all of the active long-term volunteers been identified and acknowledged as committers on the project?
Are there three or more independent committers? (The legal definition of independent is long and boring, but basically it means that there is no binding relationship between the individuals, such as a shared employer, that is capable of overriding their free will as individuals, directly or indirectly.)
Are project decisions being made in public by the committers?
Are the decision-making guidelines published and agreed to by all of the committers?

Licensing awareness

Are all licensing, trademark, credit issues being taken care of and acknowleged by all committers?

Exit

Things to check for before voting the project out.

Organizational acceptance of responsibility for the project

If graduating to an existing PMC, has the PMC voted to accept it?: N/A
If graduating to a new PMC, has the board voted to accept it?: Yes

Incubator sign-off

Has the Incubator decided that the project has accomplished all of the above tasks?: Yes