<div class="wiki-content maincontent"><p>TLP Description:<br clear="none">Apache ActiveMQ is a popular and powerful open source messaging server. Apache ActiveMQ is fast, supports many Cross Language Clients and Protocols, comes with easy to use Enterprise Integration Patterns and many advanced features while fully supporting JMS 1.1 and J2EE 1.4.</p><p>Community:<br clear="none">* The development and user lists continue to stay active.<br clear="none">* Several ActiveMQ based presentation were given at Apachecon NA.<br clear="none">* The ActiveMQ community has voted to name the HortnetQ code donation ActiveMQ&#160;<span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">Artemis.</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);line-height: 1.4285715;">* Apache board members&#160;</span><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">requested<span style="line-height: 1.4285715;">&#160;a special report to address what the plan is of the hornetq code&#160;</span>donation<span style="line-height: 1.4285715;">. &#160;There were some specific question what were directed at the PMC:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);"><span style="line-height: 1.4285715;"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; Q. Red Hat has a product, called HornetQ, which includes a website;</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;branding, etc.&#160;&#160;</span><a shape="rect" href="http://hornetq.jboss.org/">http://hornetq.jboss.org/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; A. ActiveMQ PMC does not intend to use the HornetQ branding in any code,</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; docs or website. <span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">The code donation has been updated to remove such</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; references.&#160;</span>The&#160;<span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">HornetQ open source project is now considered a legacy <br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; </span>project and the code is no longer maintained as the open source project<br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; </span>HornetQ.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160;The ActiveMQ community is beginning to work together to&#160;<br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; develop a plan to take the donated code base forward and to develop <br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; </span>community&#160;<span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">around this code base</span>.&#160;</span></span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; Q. The ActiveMQ PMC needs to deliver a plan for:</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160;&#160;</span>A. &#160;Apache ActiveMQ has multiple products with multiple versions:</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160;&#160;</span><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160;&#160;</span><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160;&#160;</span>&#160;a.&#160; ActiveMQ - (version 5.x.x)</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160;&#160;</span><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160;&#160;</span><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160;&#160;</span>&#160;b. &#160;ActiveMQ <span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">Artemis</span>&#160;- (version 1.x.x)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);"><span style="line-height: 1.4285715;"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160;</span>&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; This means that we are not yet ready to declare that&#160;<span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">ActiveMQ <span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">Artemis</span>&#160;is the successor to ActiveMQ 5.x. &#160;We will wait until the product matures to make that decision.</span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160;&#160;</span>Q. The current chair has been the chair for *many* years and based on the</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160;&#160;</span><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; &#160;</span>current&#160;</span><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">status and issues in the community, I would strongly suggest having</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160;&#160;</span><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; &#160;</span>a plan for potentially replacing the chair of the project.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);"><span style="line-height: 1.4285715;"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160; &#160; A. The PMC agrees.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.4285715;">* The PMC has voted to give the code donation a code name so that it is not referred to as HornetQ anymore within ActiveMQ.<br clear="none">* IP clearance for the code donation is almost complete:&#160;<a shape="rect" href="http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/hornetq.html">http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/hornetq.html<br clear="none"></a></span><span style="line-height: 1.4285715;">*&#160;At least one member of the PMC, as well as several members of the community, feels strongly that disagreements and concerns are not getting addressed. &#160;They would rather have <span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">Artemis go through the incubator.</span>&#160;<br clear="none"></span><span style="line-height: 1.4285715;">* PMC is in discussions looking for ways to increase community diversity<br clear="none"></span><span style="line-height: 1.4285715;">* PMC has voted to appoint Bruce Snyder as the ActiveMQ PMC chair. &#160;The PMC requests that the board approve the the following resolution:</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">-----------------------------</span><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">-----------------------------</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">WHEREAS, the Board of Directors heretofore appointed Hiram Chirino to</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">the office of Vice President, Apache ActiveMQ, and</span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is in receipt of the resignation</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">of Hiram Chirino from the office of Vice President, Apache</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">ActiveMQ, and</span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">WHEREAS, the Project Management Committee of the Apache ActiveMQ</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">project has chosen by vote to recommend Bruce Snyder as the Successor</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">to the post;</span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Hiram Chirino is</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">relieved and discharged from the duties and responsibilities of</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">the office of Vice President, Apache ActiveMQ, and</span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Bruce Snyder be and hereby</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache ActiveMQ, to</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or</span><br clear="none"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">until a successor is appointed.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">-----------------------------<span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">-----------------------------</span></span></p><p>Development:<br clear="none">* Development on ActiveMQ 5.12 is in progress.<br clear="none">* Development on ActiveMQ <span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">Artemis</span>&#160;is in progress.</p><p>Trademark / Branding Status:<br clear="none">* Sub-projects need to be reviewed to make sure they are also compliant /w TM policies<br clear="none">* Documentation and readme files will also be reviewed for compliance</p><p>Releases:<br clear="none"><span style="line-height: 1.4285715;">*&#160;</span><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">Apache ActiveMQ 5.11.1 - 2/17/15<br clear="none"></span><span style="line-height: 1.4285715;">*&#160;</span><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">Apache ActiveMQ 5.10.2 - 2/17/15<br clear="none">* Apache <span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">ActiveMQ-CPP v3.8.4 - 2/19/15</span>&#160;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160;</span></p><div><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);"><br clear="none"></span></div><p><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);">&#160;</span></p><p>&#160;</p></div>