This is the first phase on incubation, needed to start the project at Apache.

Item assignment is shown by the Apache id. Completed tasks are shown by the completion date (YYYY-MM-dd).

Identify the project to be incubated

date item 2014-11-11 Make sure that the requested project name does not already exist. Please follow the guide to ensure a suitable project/product name. DONE 2014-11-11 If request from an existing Apache project to adopt an external package, then ask the Apache project for the SVN module and mail address names: N/A. 2014-11-11 If request from outside Apache to enter an existing Apache project, then post a message to that project for them to decide on acceptance: N/A. 2014-11-11 If request from anywhere to become a stand-alone PMC, then assess the fit with the ASF, and create the lists and modules under the incubator address/module names if accepted. DONE

Infrastructure

Mentor-related responsibility/oversight

date item 2014-11-11 Subscribe all Mentors on the pmc and general lists. DONE by Jake Farrell ....-..-.. Give all Mentors access to the incubator SVN repository. (to be done by the Incubator PMC chair or an Incubator PMC Member wih karma for the authorizations file) ....-..-.. Tell Mentors to track progress in the file 'incubator/projects/{project.name}.html' DONE by Jake Farrell

Copyright

date item 2014-12-02 Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to the ASF been received. It is only necessary to transfer rights for the package, the core code, and any new code produced by the project. DONE: See [IP CLEARANCE] Software grant for htrace (incubating), a tracing framework for use with distributed systems written in java 2014-12-02 Check and make sure that the files that have been donated have been updated to reflect the new ASF copyright. DONE. Migraged src runs RAT check as part of build.

Verify distribution rights

date item ....-..-.. Check and make sure that for all code included with the distribution that is not under the Apache license, we have the right to combine with Apache-licensed code and redistribute. ONGOING ....-..-.. Check and make sure that all source code distributed by the project is covered by one or more of the following approved licenses: Apache, BSD, Artistic, MIT/X, MIT/W3C, MPL 1.1, or something with essentially the same terms. ONGOING

Establish a list of active committers

date item ....-..-.. Check that all active committers have submitted a contributors agreement. ONGOING. All but Mastake have filed icla or already have an apache id. ....-..-.. Add all active committers in the STATUS file. TODO ....-..-.. Ask root for the creation of committers' accounts on people.apache.org. DONE except for Masatake. Waiting on icla.

Project specific