Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

First draft of the OW2 FAQ

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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?