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From: <sha...@ra...> - 2005-06-10 21:32:06
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Hi everyone,=0D =0D I apologize for not getting this out earlier. I wanted to give you an upda= te on=0D the project from a project management stand point. As Michael mentioned in= his=0D email earlier in the week, the RadioActive project has officially become a = not=0D for profit foundation. As some of you who have talked with Somen or myself= over=0D the past 8 months you know that we believe there are many different softwar= e=0D applications that need to be developed as RFID and the EPC grow and mature.= As=0D the project was begging to gain IP we felt it necessary to have a legal ent= ity to=0D support it. The Apache Foundation closely resembled our idea of what Radio= Active=0D should be like, and we are modeling ourselves after them. Another note is = that=0D Michael Mealling has officially become a member of the project, although he= is=0D not new to helping us. Michael has been in contact with the RadioActive pr= oject=0D since day one and has probably logged more hours in the IRC channel than an= yone=0D to date. Somen and I are very excited to have him on board, officially.=0D =0D Currently there are three (3) projects on the go. These are Neutrino (EPC-= IS),=0D Fusion (ALE, middleware) and Graviton (Hardware simulator). Other ideas fo= r=0D projects we have include a hardware abstraction layer (like Hibernate, but = for=0D EPC related hardware) and a Commons project, which will include common comp= onents=0D all projects can share.=0D =0D For some of you who have been paying attention since we started the project= =0D roughly 8 months ago it may appear that the project was dead for a while. = I=0D assure you, that although there has not been any major releases, we have=0D continued to work on the project from a research stand point, as well as tr= ying=0D to meet as many people in the industry that were willing to help us with ad= vice,=0D and potentially development resources. All of this has continued to happen= in=0D our part time like many traditional open source projects, and has been quit= e a=0D challenge that we are finally getting a grip on.=0D =0D The foundation will be overseen by a consortium of individuals and organiza= tions.=0D There will be two levels of participation in the project. One level is a= =0D =93volunteer=94 and the other level is a =93member=94. A volunteer will ge= nerally be=0D individuals that have an interest in the technology for personal and career= =0D motives. If you are looking for experience or trying to build your resume = out of=0D school, you probably fit into this category. Members are usually organizat= ions=0D that have an interest in using pieces of software from the foundation and w= ant to=0D over see its development and have a personal stake in its growth. This is = just a=0D rough outline of the structure of the Foundation. I have been working off = bylaws=0D that are very similar to the Apache bylaws and should have them posted on t= he=0D site soon. These will explain the structure and the roles in the foundatio= n.=0D =0D This is already too long. We will keep you posted, and feel free to contac= t us=0D with any questions.=0D =0D Thanks,=0D Shaun=0D =0D |