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-Apache YOKO is an effort undergoing incubation at the Apache Software 
-Foundation (ASF), sponsored by the Apache Incubator PMC. 
-
-Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review 
-indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process 
-have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. 
-
-While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness 
-or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be 
-fully endorsed by the ASF.
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-##
-## $Rev: 46019 $ $Date: 2004-09-14 02:56:06 -0700 (Tue, 14 Sep 2004) $
-##
-
-Exit Criteria
-(put an X next to item when it is complete):
-
-Copyrights & Licensing
-
-  -- Do all the software in the codebase has its copyright assigned to The
-     Apache Software Foundation?
-
-  -- Do All the software in the codebase, are licensed (or multi-licensed) under the
-     Apache licence?
-
-  -- Do all the software in the codebase,are compliant with the
-     Specifications set by Java Community Process?(Wherever applicable)
-     * This criteria has been superceded by the Exit Milestone below
-
-Distribution rights
-
-  -- For all code included with the distribution that is not under the
-     Apache license, do we have the right to combine with Apache-licensed
-     code and redistribute?
-
-  -- Is all source code distributed by the project covered by one or more
-     of the following approved licenses:  Apache, BSD, Artistic, MIT/X,
-     MIT/W3C, MPL 1.1, or something with essentially the same terms?
-
-Infrastructure
-
-X -- SVN modules created and committers added to avail file?
-     Yes:       https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/yoko
-
-  -- Are the developer,commit and user mailing lists set up and archived?
-
-X -- Bug tracking system enabled?
-     Yes:       https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/YOKO
-
-  -- wiki based documentation site enabled?
-
-  -- Has the project migrated to our infrastructure?
-
-Committers:
-
-  -- Have all of the active long-term volunteers been identified
-     and acknowledged as committers on the project?
-
-  -- Have all the commiters signed the CLA?
-
-  -- Do they have accounts on svn.apache.org?
-
-X -- Are there three or more independent committers?
-     Yes
-
-Collaborative Development:
-
-  -- Are project decisions being made in public by the committers?
-
-  -- Are the decision-making guidelines published and agreed to by
-     all of the committers?
-
-  -- Does the documentation site has enough information on the architecure, design decisions and
-     modules?
-
-  -- Has the community, the graduation/new PMC of the project to which the codebase and community
-     will move at the end of incubation (if any), and the Incubator PMC, decided the
-     expected time frame of stay in incubator?
-
-  -- Has the community adopted the Apache voting rules and is otherwise following the Apache
-     guidelines?
-
-Exit Milestone:
-
-organisational acceptance:
-
-  -- Has the board accepted moving to a existing/new PMC?
-
-
-Incubator sign-off:
-
-  -- Has the Incubator decided that the project has accomplished all
-     of the above tasks?