Thanks for the clarification! So this also means that if the mentors can't find a problem now, then it's unlikely that we can't do a releases from the incubator because of some new IP issues cropping up. Good news.
Thursday, June 4, 2015, 9:16:45 AM, David Nalley wrote: > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Daniel Dekany <ddek...@freemail.hu> wrote: >> Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 5:29:40 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: >> >>> As soon as it can be done. The question is, why would you want to >>> wait? >> >> I thought, maybe, after being voted in, but before actual incubation >> starts, the legal guys at ASF start looking at the project. Or >> something like that. Anyway, then I guess we just try to pile up as >> many SGA-s as possible, and only then try voting, as it was suggested. >> > > Generally speaking here's the order: > Incubation vote concludes successfully > 1. Migration of 'infrastructure' (source code repo, mailing lists, > perhaps bug trackers) > 2. Focus begins on resolving IP issues (this work is done by the > project, and overseen by the mentors) in order to prepare for a > release. > 3. First release occurs > ..... incubation continues. > > The legal affairs committee is generally not going to interact with a > project unless a mentor or the project makes a request that requires > them to. There is a relatively straightforward process for getting > software grants dealt with. > > Going back to your earlier question - occasionally a project will make > a release or perhaps even two under the old 'home' - but all of that > energy is divergent from building up your new community and figuring > out your way around the ASF. > > --David > -- Thanks, Daniel Dekany --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
