+1 On 3 February 2016 at 02:05, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> wrote:
> Hi, > > The Guacamole proposal was discussed couple of weeks ago. > > The complete discussion thread is available here: > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201601.mbox/%3c56a5c8c3.7070...@guac-dev.org%3E > > As reminder the GuacamoleProposal is here: > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/GuacamoleProposal > > As we received only positive feedbacks in the discussion thread, we think > it's time to call for a vote to accept Guacamole into the Incubator. > > Please cast your vote to: > [] +1 - accept Apache Guacamole as a new incubating project > [] 0 - not sure > [] -1 - do not accept the Apache Guacamole project (because: ...) > > Thanks, > Regards > JB > > ---- > = GuacamoleProposal = > > == Abstract == > > Guacamole is an enterprise-grade, protocol-agnostic, remote desktop > gateway. Combined with cloud hosting, Guacamole provides an excellent > alternative to traditional desktops. Guacamole aims to make cloud-hosted > desktop access preferable to traditional, local access. > > == Background == > > Guacamole began in 2010 as a personal project - a means for Mike Jumper to > access to his own computer from work. Mike’s job at that time had a > firewall which blocked outbound access to everything except HTTP and HTTPS, > and directly circumventing the firewall (by changing the SSH server port, > for example) was a fireable offense. Mike needed a solution which provided > remote access and yet was a true web application. He found several projects > providing text-based terminal access, but decided that he wanted to make > something new and different. > > The project began as a simple VNC client but grew rapidly in capability > and performance until it became an enterprise-grade, protocol-agnostic, > remote desktop gateway supporting both VNC and RDP. Support for SSH was > added later, followed by audio, file transfer, etc. By this point, > Guacamole was fast and stable enough to be used daily and in place of a > traditional desktop. > > Having used and developed Guacamole to its current state, and having > observed the general shift of the industry toward cloud computing and > related technologies, we now see Guacamole as the primary and only viable > open source solution for a future of cloud-hosted desktops. > > Guacamole's purpose is twofold: > > * To provide seamless and performant access to desktops over the web. > * To provide an API which allows others, including commercial entities, > to integrate Guacamole's core into their own applications. > > We believe that the lifestyle enabled by Guacamole should be preferable to > traditional, physically-anchored desktops, that the software enabling this > should be 100% free in every sense of the word, and that users should not > be limited by their current location, by the software installed on whatever > computer they are using at the moment, nor by how powerful/weak the > hardware of that computer happens to be. > > Guacamole is stable and production-ready. It is in active production use > by several companies, including ESI, Glyptodon, HP, Nanocloud Software, as > well as individuals. > > == Rationale == > > Due to the utility and popularity of cloud platforms, a logical extension > to traditional application hosting is to host complete desktops. The > Guacamole project is aimed at achieving this, and we believe that the best > way to fulfill the true potential of this project is to bring its > development within Apache and, by so doing, foster a larger community and > higher visibility. The resulting continuous improvements to its design and > implementation will make Guacamole the best tool for the job for a wide > variety of use cases. > > == Initial Goals == > > Our initial goals are to bring Guacamole into the ASF, transition internal > engineering processes into the open, and foster a collaborative development > model according to the "Apache Way." > > == Current Status == > > Guacamole is production-ready and already provides a large set of > features. It is currently licensed under the MIT license, but will be > relicensed under the Apache license if accepted for incubation. > > The source repositories are: > > * https://github.com/glyptodon/guacamole-server > * https://github.com/glyptodon/guacamole-client > > == Meritocracy == > > We intend to radically expand the initial developer and user community by > running the project in accordance with the "Apache Way". Users and new > contributors will be treated with respect and welcomed. By participating in > the community and providing quality patches/support that move the project > forward, they will earn merit. The community will also be encouraged to > provide non-code contributions (documentation, events, community > management, etc.) and will gain merit for doing so. Those with a proven > support and quality track record will be encouraged to become committers. > > == Community == > > If Guacamole is accepted for incubation, its primary initial goal will be > to build a large community of users and developers. We trust that Guacamole > will become a key project for cloud platforms, and thus expect its > community to grow as word of the project continues to spread. > > == Known Risks == > > Development has been sponsored mostly by one company. For the project to > fully transition to the Apache Way governance model, development must shift > towards the meritocracy-centric model of growing a balanced community of > contributors. > > == Orphaned products == > > Glyptodon, Nanocloud Software, and other companies are fully committed to > Guacamole and have a vested interest in making Guacamole succeed by driving > its close integration with sister ASF projects. Commercial reliance on > Guacamole by third-party companies, as well as widespread public interest > in cloud-based access as a whole, reduces the risk of the product being > orphaned. > > == Inexperience with Open Source == > > Glyptodon has been developing and using open source software since its > inception in 2013. Additionally, several ASF veterans agreed to mentor the > project and are listed in this proposal. The Guacamole project will rely on > their guidance and collective wisdom to quickly transition the entire team > of initial committers towards practicing the Apache Way. > > == Reliance on Salaried Developers == > > Most of the contributors are paid to work in cloud space. While they might > wander from their current employers, they are unlikely to venture far from > their core expertises and thus will continue to be engaged with the project > regardless of their current employers. > > == An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == > > Our primary interest in bringing Guacamole to Apache is to foster growth > within the project and its community of developers and users. We have no > plans to make use of the Apache brand in press releases, nor to advertise > acceptance of Guacamole into Apache Incubator. > > == Required Resources == > > === Mailing Lists === > > * priv...@guacamole.incubator.apache.org (moderated subscriptions) > * comm...@guacamole.incubator.apache.org > * d...@guacamole.incubator.apache.org > * iss...@guacamole.incubator.apache.org > > === Git Repository === > > * https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-guacamole.git > > === Issue Tracking === > > * JIRA Project Guacamole (GUAC) > > === Other Resources === > > * Means of setting up regular builds for Guacamole on builds.apache.org > > == Initial Committers == > > * Mike Jumper > * James Muehlner > > == Additional Interested Contributors == > > * Jim Jagielski > * Greg Trasuk > > == Affiliations == > > * Glyptodon : Mike Jumper, James Muehlner > > == Champion == > > * Jean-Baptiste Onofré (jbono...@apache.org) - Apache Member > > == Mentors == > > * Jean-Baptiste Onofré (jbono...@apache.org) - Apache Member > * Daniel Gruno (humbed...@apache.org) - Apache Member > * Olivier Lamy (ol...@apache.org) - Apache Member > * Jim Jagielski (j...@apache.org) - Apache Member > * Greg Trasuk (gtra...@apache.org) - Apache Member > > == Sponsoring Entity == > > We would like to propose Apache incubator to sponsor this project. > ---- > -- > Jean-Baptiste Onofré > jbono...@apache.org > http://blog.nanthrax.net > Talend - http://www.talend.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > -- Olivier Lamy http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy
