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Official JASIG project governed by an elected steering committee and supported by a community of users and developers

The Jasig Incubation Process is holistically the activities and mechanism whereby open source software projects and Communities of Practice are proposed, incubated, evaluated, progressed, and become full-fledged Jasig sponsored projects and Communities.  The incubation process may also be applied to new software contributions related to existing sponsored projects.  Software that relates to an existing project is transferred to the existing project steering committee for incubation and governance.

The Incubation Working Group (Incubation WG) are the people who oversee this process. (Also known as IWG).  The IWG is also responsible for periodic review of Unsponsored Contributions.
Unlicensed user SusanBramhall to be initial chair of IWG

Proposal submitted to IWG containing basic information specified below.  IWG will determine whether the candidate will proceed to Incubating Project, Unsponsored Contribution, or to Incubation Declined.  The Proposal may be for a new project to be developed under the auspices of JASIG or an existing project seeking Jasig sponsorship

Software to be incubated, progressing through Incubated Project status and ideally emerging as a fully-fledged Sponsored Project. Also may refer to a Community of Practice

Individual making to incubation request.  The IWG will work with this person to complete the tasks to exit incubation and become a Sponsored Project. For Communities of Practice, may also be referred to as* *Project Chair

The Mentor is a particular person assigned by the Incubation Working Group to shepherd a candidate project through incubation.  Initially the members of the IWG will perform the mentor role.  In the long term when the incubation process matures mentors will be recruited from the Jasig community.

The Jasig Board leads Jasig, overseeing and supporting the Working Group and the process they execute

In some cases, software may be contributed without a sponsoring project. Such a contribution may exist indefinitely without becoming a Sponsored Project. Periodic review of unsponsored contributions is the responsibility of the Incubation WG.  Software related to a Sponsored Project also may end up in as an Unsponsored Contribution when the Project steering committee decides it is not a viable component.