+1 binding
Craig
On Sep 1, 2010, at 2:42 AM, Dan Haywood wrote:
> The Isis proposal has now been updated with a champion and several
> new mentors (thanks again guys), and is ready to be voted on.
>
> The proposal is at: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/IsisProposal ,
> the text is also copied below.
>
> Please, cast your vote.
>
> [ ] +1, please indicate whether binding
> [ ] =0
> [ ] -1, please indicate your reason
>
> I'll close the vote at end of Monday 6th Sept PST, to include the
> weekend and the US' Labor Day holiday. That's about 6 days (144
> hours) from now.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> --------------------------------------
> = Isis Proposal =
> The following presents the proposal for creating a new project
> within the Apache Software Foundation called Isis.
>
> == Abstract ==
> Isis will be an extensible standards-based framework to rapidly
> develop and enterprise level deploy domain-driven (DDD) applications.
>
> == Proposal ==
> The Isis project will bring together a collection of open source
> projects that collectively support the rapid development of domain-
> driven applications. The heart of Isis is the Naked Objects
> Framework, an established open source project that has been around
> since 2002. In addition, it will incorporate a number of sister
> projects that build on Naked Objects' pluggable architecture and
> which extend the reach of Naked Objects in several key areas.
>
> In addition, the project will be reorganising the existing projects
> to logically separate out the components into [[http://docs.jboss.org/weld/reference/1.0.1-Final/en-US/html/
> |JSR-299]] beans. We believe that the JSR-299 programming model is
> likely to become widely used for enterprise Java applications;
> adopting it should make it easier for new contributors to understand
> how the framework fits together and therefore to develop their own
> extensions. In turn, we hope this will further extend the reach of
> the framework to other complementary open source frameworks (either
> within Apache or outside of it).
>
> == Background ==
> Naked Objects is an open source Java framework that was originally
> developed to explore the idea of enterprise systems that treat the
> user as a "problem solver, not a process follower". Conceived by
> Richard Pawson, the first version of the framework was written by
> Robert Matthews (2002). Richard and Rob also wrote a book, Naked
> Objects (Wiley, 2002), to explain the idea.
>
> More generally, Naked Objects is an implementation of the naked
> objects architectural pattern. In its purest form, "all" the
> developer has to do is develop their domain model as pojos; Naked
> Objects then provides: a object-oriented user interface by rendering
> those pojos; persistence by extracting the content of the pojos;
> security by wrapping access to the pojos; remoting by turning local
> calls into remote ones; and localisation by adapting all the names
> used in the metamodel. All of this is done reflectively at runtime
> so that the developer can concentrate on the most important aspect -
> the application itself. You can think of Naked Objects' OOUI
> generation as analogous to Hibernate and other ORMs, but rather than
> reflecting the pojo into the persistence layer, they are reflected
> into the presentation layer. A number of other open source
> frameworks cite it as their inspiration, including [[http://jmatter.org
> |JMatter]], [[http://openxava.org|OpenXava]], and [[http://www.trailsframework.org
> |Trails]].
>
> Over this time Naked Objects has attracted a fair degree of
> attention among the early adopter crowd, generally splitting opinion
> as either a very good idea or a very bad one. A common misconception
> is that naked objects is only appropriate for simple CRUD based
> applications. While developing CRUD applications is indeed trivial,
> an important innovation is that the UI generated by NO also renders
> the pojo's commands/behaviors (we call them actions). Simply stated:
> any public method that does not represent a property or collection
> is rendered so it can be invoked, eg with a button, a menu item or a
> hyperlink. We characterize entities with such behaviors as
> "behaviorally complete". It's OO as your mother taught it to you.
>
> At the same time that we have been developing our ideas on the naked
> objects, there has been a resurgent interest in object modelling at
> the enterprise level, specifically as described by Eric Evans' book,
> [[http://domaindrivendesign.org/books|Domain Driven Design]].
> Recognizing that there's a lot of synergy between the two ideas, the
> NO framework now uses DDD terminology, such as repository, domain
> service and value.
>
> As mentioned in the proposal section, Isis will consist of both the
> original NO framework, along with a number of sister projects. These
> sister projects were written by Dan Haywood to support a book he
> wrote about the framework, [[http://pragprog.com/titles/dhnako|
> Domain Driven Design using Naked Objects]] (Pragmatic Bookshelf,
> 2009). The intent of these projects was to demonstrate the pluggable
> nature of the framework.
>
> Both Naked Objects and its sister projects are under the ASL v2
> license.
>
> Not directly related to this proposal but worth mentioning: Naked
> Objects has also been ported to the .NET platform, as a commercial
> product. Richard Pawson, the originator of the naked objects
> pattern, now devotes his energies to the [[http://
> nakedobjects.net|.NET version]] and is no longer involved in the
> open source Java version. Conversely, Rob Matthews, the originator
> of the framework and a co-author of this proposal, now devotes his
> energies to the Java version, not the .NET one.
>
> == Rationale ==
> We recognize that the key to open source projects long-term success
> is a large user base, along with a goodly number of diverse active
> and enthusiastic committers. Being brutally honest, we cannot claim
> to have either. That said, we are not naive enough to think that
> entrance into the Apache incubator will automatically bring us these
> things. Rather, we believe it will give us a platform to more
> effectively publicize the project so that it can succeed. It will
> also allow us to take advantage of the collaborative environment
> that the Apache Software Foundation provides. Attracting a diverse
> group of developers will also provide the opportunity for
> significant advancements and improvements to the Isis framework,
> making it more useful for more people.
>
> There are, then, several reasons for us wanting to contribute the
> framework to Apache.
>
> First, it helps us legitimize the "naked objects" concept.
> Notwithstanding the fact that the project has attracted its fair
> share of nay-sayers, as its developers we remain convinced of its
> usefulness and contribution to enterprise development in general.
> Most significantly, (v2.0 of) Naked Objects was used to develop the
> online application for benefits administration of pensions and other
> state benefits for the Irish Government. This project went live in
> 2006, is used by 1500+ users on a day-by-day basis, consists of an
> enterprise domain model of approximately 500 entities, and pushes
> out a new release each month. Richard and Dan remain consultants to
> this project; we would dearly like others to reap the benefit of
> building enterprise applications in this way.
>
> Second, and as already mentioned, it gives us a platform on which to
> publicize. The Naked Objects framework did have its moment in the
> sun about 5~6 years back, but, at that time, it was under a GPL
> license rather than ASL v2. We were also solely focused in
> developing the aforementioned benefits system, rather than building
> an open source community. One could argue that we had an opportunity
> and we blew it; at any rate what we hope is that Apache will give us
> an opportunity to build up a new community. At Devoxx 2009 we ran an
> informal poll to get opinions of Naked Objects, from "best thing
> since sliced bread", through "fundamentally flawed", to "never heard
> of it". There were 5x as many votes in "never heard of it" as there
> were in all of the other columns. That can either be taken as very
> disappointing, or as an opportunity. We prefer the latter
> interpretation.
>
> Third, by renaming the project to Isis, it gives us a chance to
> reposition the framework. While the "naked objects" pattern is
> important, we also want to emphasize domain-driven design. Alistair
> Cockburn's hexagonal (or "ports and adapters") architecture is
> another influence; the plugins that the NO framework supports (see [[http://nakedobjects.org/plugins
> |nakedobjects.org/plugins]]) are either ports/adapters from the
> presentation layer, or ports/adapters to the persistence layer.
> Furthermore, the newer UI viewers that we have been developing allow
> the UI to be customized in various ways and to various extents; so
> the pojos are not necessarily naked, they are lightly (or heavily!)
> clad. And also, being blunt, that term "naked", while attracting the
> "bleeding edge" guys, tends to be a turn-off for the "early
> majority" who we now want to target.
>
> Fourth, it removes doubt over its direction. Currently the NO
> framework is ASLv2 but copyright Naked Objects Group Ltd (NOGL),
> with Richard Pawson still the figurehead of the naked objects
> movement. As already mentioned, NOGL's energy is in their
> commercial .NET product. They are happy to donate the relevant
> rights to this software to Apache because they recognise that the
> framework is already critically dependent upon the open source
> community, so this is the best way to encourage greater take up, and
> ensure its future. Changing the name of the Java version also means
> it removes confusion in the market place as to what Naked Objects
> framework is (ie a .NET product only). Meanwhile the rights to the
> various sister projects that Dan has written would also be donated
> to ASF. Having a single legal entity - ASF - owning rights for all
> of this software would be very desirable; we think it might prompt
> others to explore the framework.
>
> Fifth, the synergies with other Apache projects will help us meet
> our ambition to make the framework easier to extend. There are two
> principle extension points of the framework: viewers, and object
> stores. While we do understand that it isn't a goal of Apache per se
> to create a portfolio of frameworks, we hope that being part of the
> Apache family might encourage members of these other communities to
> help us develop new viewers or object stores. One of the sister
> projects provides a customizable viewer that uses Wicket; since pre-
> announcing this proposal on the incubator mailing list we've had one
> expression of interest to develop a new viewer using Tapestry.
>
> The 'domain services' angle of DDD also means there are
> opportunities to integrate with frameworks that aren't just about
> presentation or persistence; in Dan's book he sketches out an
> integration with [[camel.apache.org|Camel]; there are multiple
> opportunities here. We also hope to tap into expertise to help us
> refactor the framework components into JSR-299 beans. Again, we've
> had an expression of interest from the incubator mailing list along
> these lines.
>
> Sixth, it isn't finished. As has been pointed out to us, projects
> whose codebases are finished don't make for good project candidates.
> Isis, though, will probably never be truly finished. The hexagonal
> architecture, as we think of it, is about plugging in different
> presentation and persistence layers. We have several viewers that
> are in active development (including the Wicket, and a RESTful-based
> viewer), and object stores too (BerkleyDB, MongoDB, vanilla SQL).
> But there are lots of UI frameworks we haven't even started on,
> either Apache's own (eg Click, Tapestry, [[http://
> myfaces.apache.org/|MyFaces]], Pivot, …) or external (eg [[http://vaadin.com
> |Vaadin]], Portals, Android, JavaFX, [[http://netbeans.org|
> NetBeans]] RCP, Eclipse RCP, Eclipse RAP, FLEX, Silverlight, …). The
> same is true for persistence technologies, both internal to Apache
> (eg [[http://couchdb.apache.org/|CouchDB]], [[http://openjpa.apache.org
> |OpenJPA]], Cassandra, Cayenne, HBase, iBATIS, ...) and external (eg
> neo4j, db4o, [[http://labs.google.com/papers/bigtable.html|
> BigTable]], Amazon S3, JCloud … ). And… there are also lots of
> development tools that could be built, either IDE integrations, or
> into build tools such as Maven.
>
> In summary: we hope that incubation will allow us to develop Isis
> into a standards-based framework for building domain-driven apps,
> appealing both to its user community (who just want to use it "out-
> of-the-box") and to its contributor community (who want to quickly
> understand how it works and what is required to extend it).
>
> == Initial Source ==
> === 1. Combine the codebases ===
> Both the core Naked Objects framework and the sister projects reside
> in Subversion trees, hosted on [[http://sourceforge.net|SourceForge]]:
>
> * nakedobjects.sourceforge.net
> * wicketobjects.sourceforge.net
> * restfulobjects.sourceforge.net
> * jpaobjects.sourceforge.net
> * testedobjects.sourceforge.net ([[http://fitnesse.org/|FitNesse]],
> [[http://www.concordion.org/|Concordion]])
> * groovyobjects.sourceforge.net
>
> These will need to be moved into a single Subversion tree, hosted on
> Apache infrastructure.
>
> === 2. Rationalize the builds ===
> Both the NO codebase and the sister projects are built using Maven
> 2. It shouldn't be difficult to combine these into a single build.
>
> === 3. Standardize package names ===
> Naked Objects package names are currently:
>
> * org.nakedobjects.applib.* and org.nakedobjects.service.* for the
> applib and domain services
> * org.nakedobjects.core.* for the core
> * org.nakedobjects.plugins.xxx for each plugin
>
> These should move, respectively, to
>
> * org.apache.isis.application.*
> * org.apache.isis.core.* and
> * org.apache.isis.alternatives.xxx (we expect that plugins will
> become [[http://docs.jboss.org/weld/reference/1.0.1-Final/en-US/html/injection.html#alternatives
> |alternatives]] under JSR-299).
>
> The sister projects package names are currently:
>
> * org.starobjects.wicket.* (for wicket objects)
> * org.starobjects.restful.* (for restful objects)
>
> etc.
>
> Because these are all just plugins/alternatives, they should just
> move to org.apache.isis.alternatives.*.
>
> === 4. Move the version number down. ===
> To emphasize the fact that this is a new project not yet considered
> complete, we will move the number back down to < 1.0, eg v0.1. This
> will allow us to work on a number of releases, hopefully getting to
> 1.0 as and when we graduate from the incubator.
>
> === 5. Establish continuous integration ===
> The Naked Objects framework currently builds on its own Hudson
> server; we would move this over to run on Apache infrastructure.
>
> === 6. Rationalize documentation ===
> The documentation for the sister projects is reasonably up-to-date,
> but the documentation for Naked Objects needs rationalizing,
> aligning with the core component and the various plugins. This will
> help make the framework more digestible to new users/would-be
> committers; they can focus on the core, or a bit of the core (say,
> the metamodel), or work on just one plugin.
>
> === 7. Rationalize the Maven sites ===
> Related to above, we need to "tell the story better" so that would-
> be users can see what benefits using the framework will bring (and,
> conversely, what freedom they give up in adopting a framework).
>
> === 8. Review/copy over outstanding tickets. ===
> There are a number of tickets in the Naked Objects TRAC wiki. These
> should be either moved over, or fixed.
>
> == Initial Goals ==
> The following outlines some of the goals we have set ourselves
> during incubation. Of course, these may change as we proceed and
> learn more.
>
> * Prepare ground by defining the 3 area of Isis: Application;
> Framework; and Plugin.
> * Address (either fix or transfer) all tickets from Naked Objects
> TRAC wiki.
> * Ensure existing documentation (of which there is a reasonable
> amount) is correctly related to each project now that the
> documentation has been separated out.
> * v 0.1 - source code combination and rationalization (as per above).
> * v 0.2 - refactor components to JSR-299, while maintaining
> backwards compatibility for bootstrapping.
> * v 0.3 - JPA persistor ported from Hibernate to Apache OpenJPA.
> * v 0.4 - integrate with JMX for runtime management; provide
> profiling of client/server and webapps (eg serialization vs domain
> logic vs domain services vs object store timings).
> * v 0.5 - write contract tests for all major plugin APIs (object
> stores, authentication, authorization, remoting).
>
> We also have a number of overarching goals:
>
> * steadily improve the code coverage
> * clean up the APIs. Some of the code dates back to Java 1.1 (at one
> point in time the code was cross-compiled into J# code); so there is
> opportunity to use more generics and remove use of arrays
> * steadily reduce the amount of proprietary code, and the code size
> in general; use newer libraries such as google-collections more
> extensively.
>
> As well as the work going on to create the Isis project there are a
> number of components that are in the works, and that will be
> released as they are ready:
>
> * Scimpi web application release.
> * Introduce dynamic view design into the DnD viewer.
> * [[http://wicket.apache.org|Wicket]] viewer release.
> * NOSQL persistor release (using [[http://couchdb.apache.org|
> CouchDB]], [[http://www.mongodb.org/|MongoDB]] and [[http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/overview/index.html
> |BerkeleyDB]]).
> * SQL persistor release.
> * CLI viewer release.
> * Portal integration: Examine and implement support for compatible
> portals. Under consideration: [[http://www-01.ibm.com/software/websphere/portal/
> |WebSphere Portal Server]].
>
> Whether these are part of incubation or not will depend on whether
> we feel we have reached a self-sustaining community (but it's more
> likely than not that they will be released during incubation).
> Equally, there may be other viewers/persistors using other
> technologies that might be implemented during incubation.
>
> == Current Status ==
> Naked Objects 4.0.0 was released at the end of 2009, broadly
> corresponding to the release of Dan's book.This is released into the
> Maven central repo, along with an application archetype for quick-
> start. The three sister projects mentioned in Dan's book (restful,
> tested, jpa) are at 1.0-beta-3, but not formally released into the
> Maven central repo. The remaining sister projects are in alpha status.
>
> The main committers for the codebases to date have been Robert
> Matthews and Dan Haywood. Both Rob and Dan work on the NOF core, and
> each also works independently (reflecting their individual
> interests) on their respective plugins. Much work was done on the
> core by both Rob and Dan leading up to the release of NOF 4.0.0, and
> we are now reasonably happy with it. Much work remains (see above)
> in the area of plugins/alternatives; there is work to complete and
> improve the existing ones and many opportunities to develop new ones.
>
> We readily support users on the NO forum (on [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/nakedobjects/forums/
> |SourceForge]]) and also on the forum for Dan's book (on
> pragprog.com). As a consequence of Dan's book, a GWT-based viewer
> (non open source) has been developed separately, and we have
> provided support for this (and hope it will be contributed back to
> the framework in the future).
>
> Over the years we have received some patches for the framework,
> which we have incorporated, but not many. Part of the reason for
> this, we believe, is that until NOF 4.0.0 it had a monolithic
> architecture, making it difficult for would-be contributors to
> provide small patches. We think that NOF 4.0.0 improves in this
> area, but a move to JSR-299 would be a major step forward to help
> bring up participation.
>
> == Community ==
> We recognize that the lack of a large (or at least, vocal) user
> community is the weakest part of our proposal. That said, we do have
> a steady trickle of queries on both the Naked Objects forum, and on
> the forum for Dan's book. Getting NOF 4.0.0 released has rekindled
> interest in at least one long-time user who is helping Rob to test
> one of the object store plugins, while we've also picked up
> commitment to help with this Apache proposal from a couple of people
> via the book forum.
>
> To help build up our community we intend to:
>
> * ensure that the website and documentation is first-rate (see
> initial goals, above)
> * make sure that the Isis code can be easily used and understood
> * court other open source projects with compatible technologies to
> work on integrations with Isis
> * write a series of articles for leading web journals, eg
> theserverside.com, javaworld.com, artima.com. We would want to point
> out that we were in the Apache Incubator, and actively looking for
> help
> * submit sessions to Devoxx and similar, Java-focused, conferences;
> again we'd trade on the Apache Incubator status.
>
> We also hope that some of the newer members of our community will
> help us identify what the roadblocks are to adoption, so that we can
> address them.
>
> == Core Developers ==
> The core developers are:
>
> * Robert Matthews, UK-based independent consultant. Original author
> of the Naked Objects framework, committer to the NOF core and
> primary developer of the NOF plugins (DnD viewer, HTML viewer,
> Scimpi viewer, in-memory !ObjectStore, XML !ObjectStore, !
> BerkeleyDB !ObjectStore, SQL !ObjectStore, !MongoDB ObjectStore).
> Until recently, worked for Naked Objects Group Ltd on the
> commercial .NET version. Is now independent and working on apps
> built using the open source Java version.
>
> * Dan Haywood, UK-based independent consultant. Contributor to the
> Naked Objects framework since 2005; took lead in much of the
> restructuring of the NO architecture for NOF 4.0.0. Also primary
> developer for sister projects plugins (!RestfulObjects viewer, !
> WicketObjects viewer, JPA !ObjectStore, !TestedObjects "viewer",
> Groovy support). Part-time consultant/advisor to the Irish
> Government project (since 2004); also a trainer/consultant in agile,
> Java, TDD etc.
>
> Additional committers are:
>
> * Kevin Meyer, South Africa-based freelance developer and business
> analyst. Kevin has been working primarily in a testing role, both on
> the SQL Object Store with Rob and on the Wicket viewer with Dan.
> Kevin has recently started contributing fixes to both.
>
> * Dave Slaughter, US-based developer/consultant who is the Lead of
> the Software and Specialty Engineering group at SM&A. Dave has spent
> his career in the development of enterprise applications for
> companies such as Siemens, Sprint and Lockheed Martin. He has
> started a SWT viewer and has also started improving code coverage of
> the XML !ObjectStore.
>
> * Alexander Krasnukhin, a Swedish-based developer who has spent more
> than a year developing different applications on Naked Objects
> v3.0.3 and spent six months developing a closed-source GWT viewer
> for Naked Objects v4.0 for his former employer in Russia (Novosoft).
> Alexander is interested in developing a new viewer for Android.
>
> As a result of a correspondence on the incubator mailing list, we
> have also had interest from:
>
> * Mohammad Nour El-Din, Egypt-based committer to Apache OpenEJB.
> Nour has helped us with this proposal relating to JSR-299.
>
> * Ulrich Stark, committer to Apache Tapestry. Uli has expressed an
> interest in developing a Tapstry-based viewer.
>
> We also have had interest (off list) in developing a Vaadin viewer,
> and we know of a student masters project that has developed a
> (different) Android viewer for Naked Objects 4.0, which we're keen
> to incorporate if we can. We are also hoping that we might persuade
> Alexander's previous employer to donate their GWT viewer.
>
> == Alignment ==
> The current codebase makes heavy use of Apache projects, including:
> Maven, log4j, Apache Commons Codec/Collections/CLI/Lang/HttpClient
> and Wicket.
>
> There is a particular opportunity to integrate nicely with both
> Wicket and Tapestry. Both Wicket and Tapestry are great way of
> building web UIs, but have little to say about the "back-end". Naked
> Objects, meanwhile, provides a full runtime environment with
> pluggable persistence layers, and exposes a metamodel to allow
> generic or customisable UIs to be built rapidly. The currently in-
> development !WicketObjects viewer brings Wickets and Naked Objects
> together, and (as noted above) there has been interest in writing a
> Tapestry viewer.
>
> Another ongoing integration project is the ongoing-development of an
> object store using MongoDB; the intent is to make this codebase a
> good basis for other similar object stores, such as Apache CouchDB.
>
> There are no Apache projects that we are aware of that compete with
> Naked Objects. At its heart, NO is (a) a metamodel, and (b) a
> container that acts as an abstraction over a persistence layer,
> using the identity map pattern.
>
> == Known Risks ==
> The biggest risk is that we fail to build a diverse community during
> incubation, opening up the possibility that the project could be
> orphaned.
>
> That said, there is little risk that either Rob or Dan will move
> onto other interests; we are both independent consultants and have
> the resources and inclination to continue working on the codebase.
> Indeed, with Rob now working only on the Java version (and not
> the .NET one) and Dan having finished his book, we have more
> resources now than at any time in the last couple of years.
>
> == Inexperience with Open Source ==
> Although Naked Objects is an open source project, the number of
> committers is so small then we cannot claim great experience with
> open source. Neither Rob nor Dan are committers to any other open
> source project, though both have submitted occasional patches to the
> various open source projects that we use.
>
> We are, however, comfortable users of open source projects. We also
> appreciate that there are lots of open source projects out there and
> that most developers will form an impression of a project without
> necessarily ever trying it out. This is one of the reasons why we
> feel we need to bring the two different codebases together, and
> create a standard message about what Apache Isis is about ("rapid
> development", "domain-driven design", "standard, extensible
> architecture", "customizable UIs").
>
> == Homogeneous Developers ==
> The two main developers, Rob and Dan, are based in the UK. Although
> we have collaborated on the framework over the years, we do not work
> for the same company and are independent.
>
> The other developers mentioned in this proposal are based in South
> Africa, US, Sweden, Egypt and Germany.
>
> == Reliance on Salaried Developers ==
> There are no salaried developers working on the projects. The main
> developers, Dan and Rob, are both independent consultants. We use
> non-billable time to work on the codebase, with the view to
> developing consultancy/services from it.
>
> == Documentation ==
> * [[http://www.nakedobjects.org/Pawson-Naked-Objects-thesis.pdf|
> Richard Pawson's PhD Thesis]], with foreword by Trygve Reenskaug
> * Books:
> * Domain Driven Design using Naked Objects, Dan Haywood
> * [[http://pragprog.com/titles/dhnako|pragprog.com/titles/dhnako]]
> * Naked Objects, Richard Pawson and Rob Matthews book Naked Objects
> * full text available online at [[http://nakedobjects.org/book/|
> nakedobjects.org/book]]
> * [[http://nakedobjects.org|nakedobjects.org]] - current website
> * [[http://danhaywood.com|danhaywood.com]] - Dan's blog to accompany
> his book
> * [[http://starobjects.org|starobjects.org]] - parent to Dan
> Haywood's sister projects; references the various SF websites for
> the sister projects
>
> == Source and IP Submission Plan ==
> As mentioned earlier, the NO framework is ASLv2 but copyright
> belongs to Naked Objects Group Ltd. NOGL is happy to donate the
> relevant rights to Apache, while Dan is also happy to donate the
> various sister projects that he has written. Having a single legal
> entity - ASF - owning the relevant rights to all this software would
> be very desirable.
>
> All the existing committers to the Naked Objects framework have
> formally granted their contributions as the copyright of NOGL; there
> have been no committers to Dan's sister projects other than Dan
> himself.
>
> According to our checks in email archives and the SVN log, there
> have in addition been patches to the Naked Objects framework from 4
> other individuals in the community. None of these patches is
> significant, and we don't believe that any infringe any other
> existing IP, and were provided in good faith to be the copyright of
> NOGL. That said, we have e-mailed these individuals in order to
> verify this. Worst comes to worst, we can back out their patches
> (based on svn diffs) and reimplement the patches as required. These
> steps will be performed during incubation, before our first release.
>
> == External Dependencies ==
> Other than the Apache dependencies, all other open source projects
> used all have ASL v2.0 (eg Google Collections, cglib, objenesis),
> BSD (eg Hamcrest, ASM), MPL (eg javassist) or similarly permissive
> licenses. We do also have a soft dependency on an LGPL-licensed
> library (Hibernate) but during migration would look to migrate to
> the Apache equivalent (OpenJPA).
>
> == Required Resources ==
> * Subversion
> * Jira
> * Hudson CI server
> * Wiki
> * Website space
>
> == Mailing Lists ==
> * isis-private
> * isis-dev
> * isis-commits
> * isis-user
>
> == Subversion Repository ==
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/isis
>
> == Issue Tracking ==
> Jira; project known as 'isis'
>
> == Initial Committers ==
> * Robert Matthews
> * Dan Haywood
> * Kevin Meyer
> * Dave Slaughter
> * Alexander Krasnukhin
>
> == Affiliations ==
> Alexander is employed as a software engineer by Zenterio AB. The
> other committers are independent consultants.
>
> == Champion ==
> * Mark Struberg
>
> == Sponsors: Nominated Mentors ==
> * Mark Struberg
> * Benson Marguiles
> * Siegfried Goeschl
> * James Carman
> * Vincent Massol
>
> == Sponsor ==
> Apache Incubator
>
>
>
>
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