Bringing in new projects.

[Ayal Baron]

----- Original Message -----
> On 10/08/2011 05:15 PM, Ayal Baron wrote:
> > 1. I think the opening paragraph is redundant:
> > "The oVirt Board has realized that for oVirt to be truly
> > successful, the quality and health of its associated projects must
> > be extremely high. However, oVirt itself is just starting out and
> > also realizes the need to have a low “barrier to entry” for new
> > projects as well as a streamlined approach to accepting in new
> > projects."
> >
> > 2. "    The new project agrees ..
> >         .. to integrate with one of the oVirt published API’s
> >         .. to support the platforms release schedule."
> >
> > Agreeing should be the requirement in order to enter the
> > *incubation* phase.
> > Actually implementing the above should be required in order to
> > graduate from the incubator (necessary but not sufficient)
> 
> correct.
> 
> 
> > 3.        More detials at
> > http://www.ovirt.org/governance/adding-a-subproject/
> >
> > s/detials/details/
> >
> > 4. "All IP associated with the project codebase and support files
> > (eg: website content, logos, documentation, etc) is in good
> > standing, tracked and provides a clear license from copyright
> > holder to oVirt."
> >
> > First, shouldn't we have a disclaimer about patent infringements in
> > the new project?
> > Also, should we require specific open source licenses? or maybe
> > require that the licenses are compatible with oVirt licenses?
> 
> no, this is not required, the ASL2 covers that sufficiently. But
> applying the ASL, all these items are being agreed to.
> 
> 
> > 5. "The Incubated project can, at any time, petition for a vote of
> > the Board to graduate to full status. The vote of the Board must
> > be unanimous. Any NO votes must clearly indicate why the Director
> > did not approve graduation and must provide clear guidance on what
> > he/she is looking for to address the deficiency."
> >
> > How often would the board "convene"?
> 
> 
> The board does not need to convene for this, votes can be started
> 24/7/365 days a year. As long as they are left open long enough for
> people to comment. typically 72 hours. see the page on voting.

That doesn't sound right to me.  In the least, there should be a minimal number of board members required to vote (i.e. 3 acks with 10 people absent because they're on national holiday is not good).

> 
> regards
> Carl.
>