[Fiware-technical-committee] Fwd: Your eligibility for the Docker Open Source Program

Stefano De Panfilis stefano.depanfilis at fiware.org
Thu Aug 19 17:05:52 CEST 2021


dear federico,

did you get an answer from aurélien about your last point which is
definitely quite tricky?

ciao,
stefano

On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 at 10:21, Federico Michele Facca <
federico.facca at martel-innovate.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
> recently terms and conditions of Docker Hub usage changed a lot, and
> unless willing to pay, this is going to affect all organisations with free
> accounts that
> use Docker Hub to distribute docker images of their FIWARE GEs.
>
> Options I see:
> - All official GEs are just hosted under FIWARE Docker Hub repo.
>   -> Pro: FIWARE Foundation should be able to get the OS status
> recognition, and so no limitation will apply.
>   -> Cons: maintainers will lose visibility, and users will need to be
> duly informed of changing the repo to use docker images.
>
> - Maintainers move to alternative solutions to Docker Hub.
>   -> Pro: Maintainers will retain visibility.
>   -> Cons: Users will need to be duly informed of changing the repo to use
> docker images.
>
> *Dr. FEDERICO MICHELE FACCA*
> *CTO, Head of Martel Lab*
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Federico Michele Facca <federico.facca at martel-innovate.com>
> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 at 10:14
> Subject: Re: Your eligibility for the Docker Open Source Program
> To: Aurelien Suarez <aurelien-suarez at docker.com>
> Cc: Juanjo Hierro <juanjose.hierro at fiware.org>, Ulrich Ahle <
> ulrich.ahle at fiware.org>
>
>
> Dear Aurelien,
> The components we deliver open source are part of the FIWARE Open Source
> platform which is backed by a non profit organization: the FIWARE
> Foundation.
> Simply as a way of working FIWARE does not force to transfer repositories
> under the control of the association, they just mirror them.
> You can check, for example, that quantumleap is listed here:
> https://www.fiware.org/developers/catalogue/
>
> This is the case for the projects part of FIWARE (e.g. Context Broker,
> maintained by Telefonica), unless maintained and developed by the FIWARE
> Foundation itself.
> Clearly, if contributors like us, cannot benefit, that's gonna affect
> large part of the project of parf of FIWARE, unless the single organisation
> are willing to pay Docker hub subscriptions. I assume, being a lot of them
> SMEs, it's easier that they will give up on Docker hub.
>
> @Juanjo Hierro <juanjose.hierro at fiware.org> @Ulrich Ahle
> <ulrich.ahle at fiware.org> I guess this is something we can put in the
> Agenda of the next Board of Directors of the Foundation, to decide a common
> strategy
> to tackle the issue.
>
> Best,
> Federico
>
> PS: I would also argue that following your approach in a strict sense, you
> should not accept even projects from Apache or other OS foundations, if
> they are supported
> by commercial organizations (which is the case for 100% of them,
> basically).
>
>
> *Dr. FEDERICO MICHELE FACCA*
> *CTO, Head of Martel Lab*
> +41 788075838
> *MARTEL INNOVATE* <https://www.martel-innovate.com/> - INNOVATION, WE
> MAKE IT HAPPEN
> Click *HERE* to download Martel reports and white papers!
> <https://www.martel-innovate.com/premium-content/>
> Follow us on *TWITTER* <https://twitter.com/Martel_Innovate>
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 at 10:00, Aurelien Suarez <aurelien-suarez at docker.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Federico,
>>
>> Thank you once again for submitting your application to the Docker Open
>> Source Program.  The Docker Open Source program is designed to help
>> non-commercial members of the open-source continue driving the adoption of
>> their software.  Among other benefits, for approved Open Source Program
>> contributors, we whitelist their organizations’ namespaces so that pulls
>> from their users are not subject to the policies for data pull rates.
>>
>> We have designed this program to help individual contributors, nonprofits
>> and educational institutions. Because your project is backed by a
>> commercial organization, we regret to inform you that your Docker namespace
>> is not eligible. For the ISVs ineligible for our Open Source Program, we
>> offer competitively priced services for low-friction distribution of ISVs’
>> software.
>>
>> Please let us know if the Docker new policies for data pull rates are
>> impacting your business operations, and we will connect you with the
>> appropriate support.
>>
>> We appreciate all your support for the Docker open-source community.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Aurélien Suarez
>>
>> Community Marketing Intern
>>
>> Docker.
>>
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