Apache’s Incubator and Its Process
November 7th, 2006 by seth bindernagel
I’ve been reading through the application process for Apache’s incubator, looking specifically at how they solicit new projects and then evaluate them. Part of the extensive proposal writing process relates directly to community. You can read their guide to proposals for the incubator here. From the site:
“Apache is interested only in communities. Candidates should start with a community and have the potential to grow and renew this community by attracting new users and developers. Explain how the proposal fits this vision.”
http://incubator.apache.org/guides/proposal.html#template-community
This Mozilla community program supports individuals and ideas that have an impact in our community. We have started by removing barriers for volunteers who are contributing to Mozilla. Presumably, the better we serve our community, the more people will be attracted to it, whether its new developers or users or everyone in between. I think the incubator has some interesting components to consider and this program can learn from them in some ways about process. Please take a look when you get a chance.