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Can anyone ELI5 what it means for an open source project to become an Apache project? Why doesn't Google just push the code on Github?
by sysk 11y ago
Can anyone ELI5 what it means for an open source project to become an Apache project? Why doesn't Google just push the code on Github?
- zitterbewegung 11y agoThey have pushed it to GitHub I think they are giving it to apache to be more vendor neutral.
- oh_sigh 11y agoIt's about who maintains it.
- sysk 11y agoDoes that mean that Google will stop maintaining the project?
- wener 11y agoA lot of Apache project was submitted by venders and maintained by themself,goto ASF just say anyone can involve and do things with it.
- chimerasaurus 11y agoThere are several organizations included on the proposal, including Google, who will still be actively involved in the project, if accepted.
- nl 11y agoIt is about control. Donating something to the ASF (Apache Software Foundation) means you lose control and ownership of the copyright.
- chimerasaurus 11y agoGoing to start backwards on this one. :) The ASF proposal contains a few different components (SDK and runners) all of which have lived on GitHub for awhile (the proposal has links if you're interested.) If accepted as an incubating project, the code would still live on GitHub like other Apache Incubator projects. tl;dr/ELI5 The goal is to grow an open community, have consistent (and open) processes, and be part of a larger OSS ecosystem. When projects live on GitHub, the code is open but project processes, etc. may not be.