Hi Kranti, You are off to a good start in the incubator. I'll look for the updated documents.
Warm regards, Craig > On Feb 5, 2025, at 16:05, Kranti K. Parisa <kranti.par...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Craig! > > 1. We'll send the SGAs again. > 2. We'll brainstorm more about the repo structure with mentors and Iggy > community and request the setup accordingly > 3. We will remind everyone to email the ICLAs, and request them to mention > "iggy" before sending, if they haven't sent the emails yet. > > Best, > Kranti > >> On Feb 5, 2025, at 3:51 PM, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear Kranti, >> >>> On Feb 5, 2025, at 07:32, Kranti Parisa <kranti.par...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Craig, we're super excited to join the Apache family. Please find >>> the answers to your questions below >>> >>> #1 As the creator of Iggy, Piotr Gankiewicz owned the copyright from April >>> 2023 - Dec 2024. In Jan 2025 the copyright was transferred to LaserData, >>> Piotr is the Co-founder. Both Piotr and myself have signed the SGAs with >>> the "Representing" field and sent them over to secretary@ email. Please let >>> us know if anything else is needed. >> >> Thanks, that information is useful. But the SGA from both Kranti and Piotr >> have the wrong first page "Licensor". It should be LaserData for both >> documents. >>> >>> #2 Yes, others have contributed to the individual SDK repos. If we are >>> creating separate repos for SDKs, we can nominate them as committers for >>> those individual repos. >> >> At Apache, we work on trust. So segregating repository permissions should >> never be necessary, or a reason for multiple repos. It might be useful to >> discuss with projects that have many different release cycles from a single >> repo, before making a final decision. >> >>> And we also have others being very active in the >>> community on the Discord channels, contributing to the roadmaps, feature >>> definitions, architecture choices, implementation ideas etc. We anticipate >>> them to contribute/commit to the main codebase as well as documentation, >>> reviewing/merging PRs etc >>> >>> #3 We've been brainstorming about a big monolith style repo or keeping the >>> individual SDKs, docs, benchmarks etc separate from the core server repo. >>> So that we could maintain different sets of committers, independent and >>> faster release cycles etc. >> >> Different sets of committers for different repos might be more trouble than >> it is worth. >> >>> We've noticed a few examples >>> like incubator-hugegraph-*, incubator-resilientdb-* etc. If the >>> recommendation is to limit the repos, we can certainly look into. >> >> For this very important decision, I recommend a deep discussion with your >> community and your Mentors. >>> >>> #4 They've signed the Apache ICLAs in anticipation of Apache Incubator >>> onboarding as going forward all of their contributions will be on Apache >>> Iggy (Incubating). The copyright owners are as described in #1 above and >>> SGAs were sent from LaserData already. >> >> We have not received most of the ICLAs. Are they perhaps in transit? >>> >>> #5 Should we ask all the contributors/proposed initial committers to resend >>> the ICLAs with "iggy" listed in the *(optional) notify project* field? >>> We've mentioned the Iggy VOTE Thread in the emails >>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/s94gt19x0vrgoghxvbshogppkbbro7jw Please let >>> us know if we it helps to resend them, don't want to spam secretary@ :) >> >> There is no need to resend ICLAs simply to add iggy to the documents. But >> note that accounts will not be created for any of the proposed committers >> without the ICLAs on file. >>> >>> We're learning the Apache Incubator process, thanks for your patience :) >> >> Again, welcome aboard, >> Craig >> >>> >>> Best, >>> Kranti >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Congratulations on the successful vote, and welcome to Apache and the >>>> Incubator. >>>> >>>> As we get the project set up, I just have a few questions about the legal >>>> stuff. >>>> >>>> 1. Who actually owns the copyright to the code? Piotr Gankiewicz developed >>>> the code originally but was ownership transferred to LaserData? Whoever >>>> owns the copyright should be identified on the first page of the grant >>>> ("Licensor") and on the second page (Representing). If it is an individual >>>> then the Title should be "owner". Similarly, there is a grant pending from >>>> Kranti Parisa, The "Licensor" on this grant needs to be aligned with the >>>> Representing field. >>>> >>>> 2. There are only three or four (I'm not sure whether the bot needs to be >>>> counted :-) significant contributors to the main repo. I did not have the >>>> time to look at all dozen repos. Are other contributors/ proposed >>>> committers mostly involved in the other repos? >>>> >>>> 3. The answer to #2 leads me to wonder why there are 12 repos. Unless the >>>> ultimate objective is to create sub-projects it seems like unnecessary >>>> complication and might make it harder for others to contribute. Take this >>>> as a question, not as a suggestion to change it. >>>> >>>> 4. Most of the names listed in the proposal have "CLA signed". Since these >>>> are not recorded in the Apache iclas.txt I assume this means that they have >>>> signed a LaserData CLA? In this case, does LaserData own the copyright to >>>> the code, or simply a license? If LaserData actually owns their >>>> contributions, then a grant from LaserData is recommended. >>>> >>>> 5. The process will go much smoother if the ICLA has "iggy" listed as the >>>> (optional) project. >>>> >>>> Good luck, >>>> Craig >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Feb 3, 2025, at 10:00, Yonik Seeley <yo...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> With 21 +1 votes ( 10 binding and 11 non-binding) and no +-0 or -1 >>>>> votes, this vote PASSES. >>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/6zfgdjwrzs92h4z4x6b25v1r23g3f5yg >>>>> >>>>> Welcome to the ASF Iggy! >>>>> >>>>> -Yonik >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>>>> >>>> >>>> Craig L Russell >>>> c...@apache.org >>>> >>>> >> >> Craig L Russell >> c...@apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > Craig L Russell c...@apache.org
