Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
First draft of the OW2 FAQ
If you have a question that is not listed below please email mo AT ow2.org and we will add this to the FAQ!
Existing FAQ entries
- What is OW2 Consortium?
- What are ObjectWeb and OrientWare?
- How do you define middleware?
- Is OW2 about technology or marketing?
- When will OW2 be launched?
- How can I participate in OW2?
- Who can join OW2?
- Can I join OW2 as an individual?
- Are membership categories different in OW2?
- Do all members pay the same fee?
- What is an Initiative?
- What is the actual cost of being a Strategic Member?
- Does OW2 organise events?
- Will current ObjectWeb and OrientWare members automatically become members of OW2?
- Which Initiatives are supported by OW2?
- What is a Local Chapter?
- How do you manage projects licenses?
- Where can I find OW2 on social networks?
- Does OW2 accept the dual licensing business model?
- How can I stay up-to-date with OW2?
- Where can I publish news about my entity?
- As an OW2 member, which marketing support does OW2 offer?
- How can I share case studies and success stories about OW2?
- Can OW2 help me publish a press release?
- What is the OW2 Board and how can I participate?
- How can I participate to events organised by OW2?
- How can I participate in OW2 Initiatives?
- How can I contribute to OW2 projects?
- Where do I find the mailing lists for a given project?
- How do I become a project developer on the forge?
- How can I become an editor of a project website?
- Where do I find the information for using the OW2 services (GForge, Sympa, xWiki, Nexus, Atlassian tools, SVN, GIT, …)?
- What are the services offered by OW2 to host my project?
- How do I administer the rights for committers and developers on the Forge?
- Can I use Atlassian tools?
- Which version control system can I use? Do you support SVN? Do you support GIT?
- What bug and feature trackers are available?
- How can I publish news about my project?
- What is a project dashboard? What can I do with it?
- What is SQuAT? How does it affect my project? What do I have to do?
- I would like to create an appliance for my project. How can I do it?
- I would like to submit a new project to OW2. What is the procedure?
- What are the rules for becoming an OW2 project? What is the selection process?
- What does it mean for a project to be in the Incubator, Mature or Archive stage?
- How can I participate to the Technology Council?
- What is the role of the Technology Council?
- It is possible to obtain Java certification for some JSR as an OW2 project?
- What can I do to increase the chances of success for my project?
- Regarding the SONAR rules, how can I use PMD, Checkstyle and Findbugs rules with my IDE?
- What is the Sonar part of the SQuAT programme?
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