+1 (non-binding) >-----Original Message----- >From: Andrus Adamchik [mailto:and...@objectstyle.org] >Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 1:54 AM >To: general@incubator.apache.org >Subject: [VOTE] Accept Openmeetings to Apache Incubator > >Opemeetings proposal has been discussed a few times here before. The >group of developers behind it worked hard (and succeeded) to address all >potential obstacles to the Incubator acceptance and to the following >incubation. They even went an extra mile and collected all ICLAs in adbvance. > >So now I am starting the vote to accept Openmeetings to Apache Incubator. > >The proposal is also available at: >http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenmeetingsProposal > >Please cast your votes: > >[ ] +1 Accept Openmeetings for incubation >[ ] +0 Don't care >[ ] -1 Reject for the following reason: > >The vote is open for 72 hours. > >Andrus > >--------------- >Andrus Adamchik >Apache Cayenne ORM: http://cayenne.apache.org/ >Twitter: http://twitter.com/andrus_a > > > >------- > >== OpenMeetings Project Proposal == > >== Abstract == >Openmeetings is a web conferencing solution. > >== Proposal == >Openmeetings provides video conferencing, instant messaging, white board, >collaborative document editing and other groupware tools using API functions >of the Red5 Streaming Server for Remoting and Streaming. > >== Background == >Openmeetings was developed since 2007 by Sebastian Wagner and willing >developers. The project ships a release approximately once per quarter. It >was developed using LGPL license, and developers are currently thinking of >re-licensing it under Apache License 2.0. > >The project started as module by Sebastian Wagner for an ELearning platform >(Dokeos) and was then split into a separated project. That is the reason why >there is a strong relation to educational institutions that are using >OpenMeetings and there are integrations for platforms like Moodle, ATutor, >Sakai, STudIP or ILias available >(http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/wiki/MoodlePlugins). The relation >to educational institutions also subsequently lead to some projects funded by >the EU where OpenMeetings was involved, for example by the >Swedish/Finnish Centre of Open-Source !OpenKarken (Case-Study about the >EU project at OSOR.eu: http://www.osor.eu/studies/finland-and-sweden- >collaborate-using-oss ) > >The integration and internationalization of the project was a primary focus >right from the start of the project. Since Version 0.5 there is a >Language-Editor >(http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/wiki/LanguageEditor) to edit >labels, export and import them as XML and you can use those XML files for >future installations (or contribute it to the community). There are currently >around 30 languages available. Since version 0.5.1 there is also a SOAP API to >integrate !OpenMeetings. We constantly improve this SOAP/REST API >(http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/wiki/SoapMethods) with new >functionality with a strong focus on security and usability. The auth-mechnism >is quite similar to OAuth, you create some token and then assign rights to the >token. (Documentation for Single Sign On: >http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/wiki/DirectLoginSoapGeneralFlow) > >The project name "!OpenMeetings" and logos are inspired by Ludovic Gasc >who has been the project manager at Dokeos at the time Sebastian split >!OpenMeetings as separated project. > >Red5 Server provides an "Edge-Orion-Clustering" >(http://trac.red5.org/wiki/Documentation/Tutorials/EdgeOriginClusteringCon >figuration). We hope to extend this clustering solution with support for rtmpt >and rtmps and integrate that into our application as native clustering >option. > >== Rationale == >Last year most major vendors started commercial web conferencing solutions. >This is an important part of software ecosystem, and there is an urge to >consolidate open source development efforts in this direction. > >According to several studies demand for synchronous Communication, in >opposite to asynchronous Communication like wiki's or email, will raise the >upcoming years. For example Gartner promises that 2011 the market will grow >20% according to their "Magic Quadrant" report 2010 ( >http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=205941 ). > >Openmeetings is a unique solution in terms of patent purity and potentially >can grow into solution built on top of the fully open source stack. That is >why it >is a good candidate for consolidating web conferencing community efforts. > >== Initial Goals == >Each of project committers has their own set of goals, but we all share the >following. > > * Move to Apache. > * Become popular. > >To become popular we plan to do the following. > > * Improve ecosystem around the project. > * Improve release process. > * Improve project testing and stability. > * Apply modular architecture/SOA for better integration with other projects. > >== Current Status == >We have agreed on applying for the Apache Foundation and preparing our >proposal for the vote. > >Technical status of the project is: Current stable tree is 1.8.x, Trunk is 1.9. > >=== Meritocracy === >Developers community is successfully driven by consensus now. If there are >more developers on board, consensus may turn into meritocracy. > >=== Community === >The developer community is active. The mailing list is active with dozens of >messages every day, mostly user support topics. > >Currently the User Mailing list has over 1000 members, the dev-list has around >250. > >=== Core Developers === >Sebastian has started the application 07/2006. Current development team >counts 21 programmers from Germany, Russia, China, India and South >America. > >=== Alignment === >The project provides a safe ground for Apache for entering a complex field of >video streaming. It avoids complex patenting issues by using proprietary >Adobe Flash. From the other side it may grow into independent solution >because it uses OpenLaszlo RIA framework rather than a particular proprietary >vendor language, and after framework evolves can use other frontend >representations such as javascript. > >== Known Risks == >=== Orphaned Projects === >Openmeetings project has developed a sufficient functionality to be a popular >solution for a small businesses. The number of site visits of the googlecode >project website increased to 50.000 in October 2011 which is a good sign of >people interest. The overall statistics for the last 4 years shows around 4 mio >pageviews (google-analytics graphic:http://wagner- >sebastian.com/_log/website.png). We believe that visitors convert to users, >and users convert to developers in some standard rate. > >=== Inexperience With Open Source === >Two committers have GSoC experience. One committer is an Apache >committer. The project exists since 07/2008 already as an open source project >hosted at !GoogleCode http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings > >=== Reliance On Salaried Developers === >Some contributors get paid from Openmeetings-based consultancy. > >=== Relationships with Other Apache Products === >Web application part of Openmeetings runs under Apache Tomcat. It uses >Apache Commons and Apache Velocity. Red5 server uses a lot of Apache >components, including Apache Mina. !OpenMeetings itself uses Apache Axis2 >for the SOAP / REST API. !OpenMeetings was reworked to use Apache >OpenJPA instead of Hibernate. Since revision 4000 (version 1.8) all >dependencies to Hibernate have been removed from the source. > >=== An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === >The Apache Foundation is the home of vendor neutral and industry standard >software. By joining the Foundation we will apply Apache's Release and >Licensing Standards to our product. Doing that we will improve our release >processes, quality standards and it should give a planning reliability to our >end >users. But our main motivation is that our project is about collaboration, >communication and enabling people to easily interact with each other. We >think that the "Apache Way" of community driven software development >with flat hierarchy and transparency in decision and design will reflect best >those core activities of our software. > >Well, or course we want our project to be alive, and useful. Several >contributors have former experience with Apache Harmony project (which >previously has been known as SourceForge ORP project). Apache brand is >really helpful compared to SourceForge brand for community building and >getting support from commercial companies. From the other side >org.apache.harmony story shows that the brand cannot help when there no >community remain. Hence we try to keep people interested, and the product >developed at the first place, thus supporting Apache brand fame with good >facts. > >== Initial Source == > * http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/ > >=== External Dependencies === >Adobe Flash (by means of !OpenLaszlo) and open source projects compliant >with current Apache policy. The UI code is compiled by using !OpenLaszlo, not >by using Adobe products. !OpenLaszlo is licenced under the CPL. >!OpenLaszlo's concept is that you write the code in a XML based approach, it is >possible to compile the output to Flash or DHTML/HTML5. So on the long run it >might be possible to replace the Flash UI with a DHTML one. But as there is >little multimedia support in HTML5 especially for Webcam and Microphone >access it is not possible yet to prevent using Flash in general. The needed >Real-Time Communication could be done using Ajax and HTTP-Push >mechanisms like Comet instead of AMF which is currently used. > >For Flash Streaming Red5 is used ( http://code.google.com/p/red5 ). Red5 is >currently a LGPL licensed Software based on Apache Tomcat / Apache MINA >and Spring. Red5 will change to APL very soon, they already internally >discussed that some time ago and voted on it: > >https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/red5developers/apache/red5d >evelopers/QkwBygXUGM0/KK4uICz0wEsJ > >Dependcies to Red5 API as graphs: Java Web-Start application (Screen-Sharing >and Recording) http://openmeetings.googlecode.com/svn- >history/r4162/docs/Red5.webstart.png Java Web-Application >(http://openmeetings.googlecode.com/svn- >history/r4162/docs/Red5.webapp.png ). > >=== Cryptography === >OpenMeetings can be deployed using HTTPS and RTMPS (Flash Streaming and >Remoting over SSL): >http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/wiki/RTMPSandHTTPS > >= Required Resources = >Subversion Directory: >https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/openmeetings > >Issue Tracking: JIRA (OPENMEETINGS) > >Required Mailing lists: > > * openmeetings-u...@incubator.apache.org > * openmeetings-...@incubator.apache.org > * openmeetings-comm...@incubator.apache.org > >Wiki, Webspace: Confluence or similar software where we can integrate our >current wiki and documentation >(http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/wiki/MainPage?tm=6) > >Other Resources: > >Continuous integration and Nightly Builds may eventually require hardware > >We are currently hosted on googlecode. There was an option in googlecode >available to transfer a googlecode project to Apache. We would like to ask the >hosting staff at Googlecode if they could maybe give us advice how we can >easily get a copy of our project to import it into the new project space at >Apache. > >== Initial Committers == > * Sebastian Wagner <seba.wagner at gmail dot com> > * Oliver Becherer (smoeker) <ich at oliver-becherer dot name> > * Rodion Volkov <volkov.rodion at gmail dot com> > * Alexei Fedotov <aaf at apache dot org> > * Evgeny Rovinsky <e.rovinsky at gmail dot com> > * Maxim Solodovnik < solomax666 at gmail dot com > > * Sascha Xander < sascha.xander at googlemail dot com > > * Johnny Strom <johnny.strom at osp dot fi> > * Eugen Schwert < eugen.schwert at googlemail dot com > > >If any other existing Apache or Openmeetings committers would like to be >grandfathered into the list then feel free to ask. > >= Sponsors = >=== Champion === > * Andrus Adamchik <aadamchik at apache dot org> > >=== Mentors === >Volunteers, please. > > * Alexei Fedotov <aaf at apache dot org> > * Jim Jagielski <jim at apache dot org> > * Ross Gardler <rgardler at apache dot org> > * Yegor Kozlov <yegor at apache dot org> > >=== Sponsoring Entity === >We would like to ask the Incubator PMC to sponsor Openmeetings. > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
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