Hi PJ, Thanks for driving this discussion!
As mentioned above, Lightbend switched the license from upstream and we simply _cannot_ backport code from there any longer. However, it's reasonable to me that we start a new project based on the latest APL-2.0 licensed version (forked) to save users depending on Akka open-source ecosystem to get further bugfixes and new features. Given that there're a number of volunteers for this initiative, I believe it is worth a try to revive the open-source project: 1. We need a new name here. IIUC "akka" will cause legal issues. 2. The aim of this project should be declared in the first place, especially about new features and breaking changes. TrinoDB forked from PrestoDB can be a good pioneer to learn from. > "hostile forks" The answer of the second question listed above should answer this question also. My perspective is that the initial purpose of this project is to save users depending on Akka open-source ecosystem and it's community driven. > If anyone else in the Incubator PMC would like to get involved, that > would be great. The same as Roman :) Count me in. I'd like to be involved all the way in this effort. Best, tison. PJ Fanning <fannin...@gmail.com> 于2022年9月27日周二 17:39写道： > Thanks Ralph for looking at this. > > It is early days but a number of people have expressed an interest in > joining the new community. > > https://github.com/mdedetrich/akka-apache-project/discussions/3 > > There are some former Lightbend employees and some very active > contributors. Most of the people appear to have contributed to akka or > to related projects. > > So far, it looks like quite a diverse group with no company or > interest group having too great a say. > > There are other discussions, including ones about goals and release > plans at https://github.com/mdedetrich/akka-apache-project/discussions > > On Mon, 26 Sept 2022 at 23:25, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > wrote: > > > > Before going too far with this I would be interested to know: > > 1. Who the initial committers/PMC members would be. > > 2. How much familiarity the proposed people already have with the code > base. > > 3. How diverse the community is from an employment point of view. > > > > In other words, I would be concerned if this is pushed by just 3 or 4 > people, > > none of which have ever spent much time in the code, and who all work for > > the same employer. > > > > Ralph > > > > > On Sep 26, 2022, at 11:11 AM, PJ Fanning <fannin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > Apologies if this is not the right mailing list. If it is not, please > > > let me know and I'll switch the thread to the right list. > > > > > > Lighbend [1], the company that maintains the popular open source > > > framework, Akka [2], recently announced they are moving Akka to a > > > non-OSS commercial license [3]. > > > > > > There is interest in the OSS community in forking Akka under a new > > > name and maintaining it as an ASF project [4]. > > > > > > It is early days yet but there is some discussion online [5]. > > > > > > Reading the incubator cookbook, a new podling would need to have > > > champions and mentors from within the Incubator PMC [6]. > > > > > > I would like to put my name forward for such a role, as an existing > > > ASF member [7]. > > > > > > If anyone else in the Incubator PMC would like to get involved, that > > > would be great. > > > > > > Regards, > > > PJ > > > > > > [1] https://www.lightbend.com/ > > > [2] https://akka.io/ > > > [3] https://www.lightbend.com/akka/license-faq > > > [4] https://github.com/mdedetrich/akka-apache-project > > > [5] https://github.com/mdedetrich/akka-apache-project/discussions/9 > > > [6] > https://incubator.apache.org/cookbook/#does_our_project_fit_the_apache_incubator > > > [7] https://whimsy.apache.org/roster/committer/fanningpj > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
