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> On 3/20/06, Geir Magnusson Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What follows is the official proposal for OpenJPA. The unofficial > > version can be found here > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenJPAProposal > > > > Please vote on acceptance of this proposal. The vote will run 1 week > > until Sunday, March 26, 2006 or until all Incubator PMC members have voted. > > > > [ ] +1 Accept the OpenJPA proposal > > [ ] 0 Don't care > > [ ] -1 Reject for the following reason : > > > > > > ======================================================================= > > > > > > OpenJPA Project Proposal > > ========================= > > OpenJPA will be an ASL-licensed implementation of the Java Persistence > > API (JPA) which is defined as part of JSR-220. > > > > Rationale > > ========= > > We think that Open JPA is something that will benefit from wide > > collaboration, being able to build a community of developers and > > committers that outlive the founders, and that will be embraced by other > > Apache efforts, such as the Geronimo project as part of an EJB 3.0 > > container. Given the existing momentum forming behind JPA even at this > > early stage, we are confident that an industrial-grade ASL > > implementation of JSR220 will attract a diverse community. > > Criteria > > > > Meritocracy > > =========== > > The Open JPA committers recognize the desirability of building software > > as a meritocracy and look forward to growing a healthy community of > > developers to enhance the JPA APIs. > > > > Community > > ========= > > The proposed committer community is includes members of the BEA JPA team > > and several individuals from the Apache community. > > > > Core Developers > > =============== > > Fourteen of the initial committers are BEA employees. One of those is a > > committer on the Apache JDO project. We anticipate that five of these > > fourteen will be involved in the core code development, and the other > > nine will be involved in documentation and ongoing QA for the project. > > > > Three of the initial committers are committers on the Geronimo project. > > Two are IBM employees involved in the WebSphere product team. One is > > from Intel. > > > > Alignment > > ========= > > Open JPA will be a candidate for use in Geronimo as the default JPA > > implementation. Other projects that have general-purpose JPA needs may > > be users of the Open JPA project. > > > > Open JPA has some level of alignment with the Apache DB project. In > > particular, the Open JPA codebase already includes support for Derby > > databases. > > > > JPA is for use in any Java application, not just J2EE. Therefore, any > > application that needs to do data persistence in the object/relational > > style (including any application that currently uses Hibernate) will > > benefit from Open JPA. > > > > License > > ======= > > The existing codebase is owned by BEA and is subject to a proprietary > > license. The applicable code will be relicensed under the Apache > > Software License 2.0. > > > > > > Avoiding the Warning Signs > > ========================== > > > > Orphaned products > > ----------------- > > Open JPA is a derivative of the basis of the BEA WebLogic Server (WLS) > > EJB3 JPA implementation, and so is an important piece of the BEA code base. > > > > As this is a very eagerly anticipated specification for the Java > > community, we expect that this project will continue to grow and develop > > within its own community, and be embraced by other open source projects > > (such as Geronimo) as well. > > > > Inexperience with open source > > ----------------------------- > > The authors of the existing code (who will be part of the initial > > committer list) have experience with open source development already, in > > both professional and personal contexts. Examples: serp ([WWW] > > http://serp.sourceforge.net) (used in Kodo currently), sqlline and jline > > ([WWW] http://sqlline.sourceforge.net and [WWW] > > http://jline.sourceforge.net) (used by the Kodo development team, and > > used by the Apache JDO team), Growl ([WWW] http://growl.info). > > > > Four of the initial committers have extensive experience within the > > Geronimo project, among other open-source projects. > > > > Homogeneous developers > > ---------------------- > > The members of the initial committer list have been working in a > > distributed, multi-national, asynchronous environment for the last five > > years, while working at SolarMetric. We had a team of up to 7 people > > working from 6 different locations over the course of the last five years. > > > > Reliance on Salaried Developers > > ------------------------------- > > Most of the developers are paid by their employer to contribute to this > > project, but given the anticipation from the Java community for the a > > JPA implementation and the committers' sense of ownership for the code, > > the project would continue without issue if no salaried developers > > contributed to the project. > > > > No ties to other Apache products > > -------------------------------- > > Open JPA will likely be used by Geronimo, requires some Apache products > > (regexp, commons collections, commons lang, commons pool), and supports > > Apache commons logging. > > > > A fascination with the Apache brand > > ----------------------------------- > > We think that Open JPA is something that will benefit from wide > > collaboration, being able to build a community of developers and > > committers that outlive the founders, and that will be embraced by other > > Apache efforts, such as the Geronimo project. > > > > Scope of Subprojects > > ===================== > > No subprojects proposed. > > > > Initial Source > > ============== > > BEA Systems, Inc. will contribute the initial core source code for > > implementing JPA. > > > > ASF Resources to be Created > > =========================== > > > > Mailing lists > > -------------- > > * open-jpa-dev@ > > * open-jpa-commits@ > > * open-jpa-ppmc@ (with moderated subscriptions) > > * open-jpa-user@ > > > > SVN Repository > > -------------- > > [WWW] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/open-jpa > > > > JIRA > > ---- > > Open-JPA (OPEN-JPA) > > > > Initial Committers > > =================== > > - Abe White (awhite at bea dot com) > > - Marc Prud'hommeaux (mprudhom at bea dot com) > > - Patrick Linskey (plinskey at bea dot com) > > - Pinaki Poddar (pinaki dot poddar at bea dot com) > > - Steve Kim (stkim at bea dot com) > > - Seetharam Param (sparam at bea dot com) > > - Reena Mathew (rmathew at bea dot com) > > - Jacob Thomas (jthomas at bea dot com) > > - Ajay Prabhu (aprabhu at bea dot com) > > - Sathish Santhanam (sathish at bea dot com) > > - Maruthi Nuthikattu (maruthi at bea dot com) > > - Anurag Bahl (abahl at bea dot com) > > - Mihir Kulkarni (mihirk at bea dot com) > > - Srinivasa Segu (srinivasa dot segu at bea dot com) > > - Greg Campbell (gcamp at yjsinc dot com) > > - Eric Lindauer (e_lindauer at yahoo dot com) > > - Gianny Damour (gianny dot damour at optusnet dot com dot au) > > - Matt Hogstrom (matt at hogstrom dot org) > > - David Jencks (djencks at apache dot org) > > - Kevin Sutter (kwsutter at gmail dot com) > > - David Wisneski (wisneskid at gmail dot com) > > - Geir Magnusson Jr (geirm at apache dot org) > > - Craig Russell (clr at apache dot org) > > > > Sponsor > > ======= > > We kindly request the Incubator PMC to accept sponsorship for this proposal. > > > > Champion > > ======== > > Geir Magnusson, Jr. (geirm at apache dot org) > > > > Mentors > > ======= > > - Eddie O'Neil (ekoneil at apache dot org) > > - Brian McAllister (brianm at apache dot org) > > - Geir Magnusson, Jr. (geirm at apache dot org) > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
