Nicola, WS PMC has not voted on it yet. i privately pinged a few folks who seemed receptive. I will let scott and his team answer the rest of the queries/concerns. As soon as we setup our mailing lists and archives etc (this weekend), i can initiate a vote.
Thanks, dims --- Nicola Ken Barozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Davanum Srinivas wrote: > > Incubator Folks, > > > > We have a proposal, an initial code base, identified committers, a willing web >services > > pmc....What's the next step? Please advise. > > We are walking on new ground here, so I'll step up to reply, but please > take this as my personal opinions except on those matters where I won't > be corrected. > > There are couple of points I'll like to see done, and then we'll get > along with actually starting the creation of the project. > > > Acceptance criteria: destination PMC vote > ------------------------------------------ > > I've read the proposal, and the first thing that I note is a *strong* > willingness of the WS PMC to accept the project. This is very positive > IMHO, and since we are not here to be gatekeepers for proposals already > accepted by other PMCs, IMO it constitutes a 'yes' to the acceptance. > > Has the WS PMC voted on this? > If not, I'd suggest that a vote is done and we will acknowledge the > result. If it has been already done, please post here a link to the votes. > > > Synergy > --------- > > I cannot fail to remember that we have another possible candidate in > line (Wyona) that uses saml already and has his implementation in Java. > I have already asked them about spinning off some of their code to other > projects in Apache, and they were very positive about it. This is > another positive thing. > > > Points to watch > ---------------- > > One active committer is not much... this will be our main point to > watch, and see that it gains momentum. > > > Blockers? > ----------- > > "Are there IPR-related concerns with SAML (patents held by RSA but > offered royalty free)?" > > Can you please elaborate more on this? > > > -- > Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - verba volant, scripta manent - > (discussions get forgotten, just code remains) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== Davanum Srinivas - http://xml.apache.org/~dims/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
