Hi Sasa, +) sorry but I could find no link to the proposal - could you repost the link? +) I worked for Together Teamlösungen many moons ago so I'm aware of Enhydra Shark (but no affiliation for the time being)
So without knowing the proposal I think it is a successful open source project but moving to LGPL for a mature project is a serious issue ... Cheers, Siegfried Goeschl sasaboy wrote: > Hi, > > well, we already wrote this in proposal, but here it is: > > * The legal umbrella. There are no outstanding legal issues with Shark, but > the protection that Apache affords is valuable for Shark developers and > users. > * Resolve current potential licensing issues that are addressed in the > Apache 2.0 license, but not in the LGPL license. > * Increase public awareness of Shark and of the application of Apache > licensing. > * Help to attract clients who would feel more comfortable with the licensing > coming through a well known and established organization like Apache > * To get more people involved in the further development of software > > > Greetings, > Sasa. > > > Siegfried Goeschl wrote: > >> Hi Sasa, >> >> the very first question is - why are moving from ObjectWeb since it is >> well-known and respected community? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Siegfried Goeschl >> >> sasaboy wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> some weeks ago, I've posted a question on this mailing list on how to >>> start >>> new project on Apache. >>> After reading posts on mailing lists, apache documentation, etc. ... it >>> seems first we need a champion for the project proposal. >>> >>> Once again about the project: >>> >>> Enhydra Shark workflow engine is a project currently hosted on ObjectWeb >>> (http://shark.objectweb.org/) >>> >>> It is the most popular open-source java workflow engine completely based >>> on >>> WfMC standards. >>> It uses XPDL1.0 as its native workflow process definition language. >>> It can be embedded into other Java applications (Swing, Console, ...) or >>> can >>> be used as a server through WebService, EJB, CORBA, ... >>> >>> Shark's modular, plug-in architecture makes shark suitable for >>> integration >>> into different kind of projects. >>> >>> It is a mature project started 5years ago, has a significant community >>> and >>> more than 100000 downloads on ObjectWeb and almost 10000 posts on mailing >>> list. It is widely used all around the world in production, typically >>> integrated into different kind of applications, from DocumentManagement >>> and >>> government applications up to applications for special purposes like bank >>> services, HR, Help desk, ... and in many, many others >>> >>> If you would be willing to act as a champion on Shark's behalf, please >>> let >>> us know. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Sasa. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
