Working draft ... in progress.
Goal: Make self-evaluation comments objective and demonstrable.
ref [1]: https://github.com/apache/groovy/blob/576b3c5d6a7022ac4a8df1ef118666456ce627fb/MATURITY.adoc
ref [2]: https://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project-maturity-model.html
ref [3]: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/community-dev/201501.mbox/%3CCAEWfVJ%3DErFT7K_bv63YZavzW%3DTPKXh2Azz%3DL3Z-FzYnh14TcOA%40mail.gmail.com%3E
Overview and Guidelines
- Code: open, discoverable, fully public history, documented provenance
- Quality: security, backwards compatibility, etc
- Contributions: welcome from anyone based on technical quality
- License: Apache License, dependencies must not put additional restrictions
- Community: inclusive, meritocratic, no dictators, clear documented path to entry
- Discussions and decisions: asynchronous, in a single central place, archived
- Decision making: consensus, votes if needed, technical vetoes in the worst case
- Independence: from any corporate or organizational influence
- Releases: source code only, notices, long-lived release format
(Bertrand Delacretaz, 6 Jan 2015 email, see [3] above)