[news.eclipse.technology.ohf] Re: OHF Project Development Policy

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson <bjorn.freeman-benson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Grahame,
The sub-project requirement is a consequence of being an Eclipse-hosted 
project. One reason for these rules is that the Eclipse membership 
(that's the Strategic members, the Add-in members, and the Committer 
members) are entitled to be forewarned of, and have input into, the 
directions and activities of the Eclipse projects.  That's why I said 
"provide a balance between project-free-for-all and 
membership-understanding-what-is-going-on".  I agree that OHF does have 
a wide scope and perhaps it will graduate to a top-level project in its 
own right.

> I wonder whether the sub-project requirement is appropriate in a 
> vertical industry project - OHF has a necessarily wider scope than
> most of the other projects. (though there is a bewildering array of 
> "modelling" projects - is this a consequence of the rules?)

And, yes, there are many modeling projects - each started by a separate 
group.  There is an effort underway to collect and unify those 
subprojects into a single top-level project. Of course nothing is free 
and so we needed to wait until there was a company who was willing step 
up and spend the time to make it happen.

- Bjorn