MINUTES OF A MEETING OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
OPENSTACK FOUNDATION
April 28, 2019 9:00 am CST
The following are the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors (the Board) of OpenStack Foundation, a Delaware corporation (the Foundation) at the above time pursuant to notice duly given to all directors. The following directors were present by phone for all or part of the meeting:
Alan Clark
Allison Randal
Anni Lai
Andrew Cathrow
Arkady Kanevsky
ChangBo Guo (by telephone)
Chris Price
Clemens Hardewig
Egle Sigler
Johan Christenson
Joseph Wang
Mark McLoughlin
Monty Taylor
Prakash Ramchandran
Ryan Beisner
Rob Esker (arrived at 10 am)
Ryan Van Wyk
Shane Wang
Sean McGinnis
Tim Bell
Vijoy Pandey
Also present for some or all of the meeting was Jonathan Bryce, Mark Collier, Heidi Bratz, Wes Wilson and Thierry Carrez of the Foundation. Mr. Clark called the meeting to order and provided an overview of the agenda. He also served as Chairman and asked Mr. Radcliffe to act as Secretary of the meeting and record the minutes.
Approval of Board Minutes.
Mr. Clark presented the minutes from the April 8, 2019. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was unanimously approved by the Board:
RESOLVED, that minutes of the Board meeting on April 8, 2019 attached as Exhibit A is approved.
Reports on Foundation Initiatives
Mr. Bryce discussed the status of the Foundation and its projects, including its engagement with other open source projects. A Board discussion followed.
Review and Approval of Zuul Project as an Open Infrastructure Project
Ms. Randall and Mr. Taylor provided an update on the issues raised by the Board about the Zuul Project. A Board discussion followed. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was unanimously approved by the Board:
WHEREAS the Zuul Project currently uses the GNU General Public License version 3 for code implementing independent services and supporting infrastructure, in a way that does not require the users of the OpenStack project to license OpenStack code under GPLv3 (and such conclusion has been confirmed by the OpenStack Foundation legal counsel);
WHEREAS the Zuul Maintainers and Project Lead will review any substantial changes in their use of GPLv3 or other copyleft licenses with OpenStack Foundation legal counsel;
RESOLVED that the Zuul Project is approved to continue using GPLv3 in the same manner;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Zuul Project is approved as a confirmed Open Infrastructure Project under the OSF Confirmation Guidelines.
Approval of Joining Open Source Initiative Affiliate Program
Mr. Thierry provided an overview of the Foundation’s work with the Open Source Initiative and described its affiliate program. A Board discussion followed. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was unanimously approved by the Board:
RESOLVED, that the Foundation should execute the affiliate program agreement with the Open Source Initiative in the form attached as Exhibit B.
Status Report on Potential on Open Infrastructure Projects
Messrs.Troyer and Huang reported on the status of the StarlingX project. Mssrs. Ahn, Skels and Mceuen reported on the status of the Airship project.
Joint Meeting with the Technical Committee
The Board adjourned its meeting and reconvened in a joint meeting with the Technical Committee. The Technical Committee reported on its activities and its plans for the next year.
Report on Status of Accepted Open Infrastructure Project
The Board reconvened in a Board meeting. The Board received a status report from Mr. Ernst on the Kata project.
Report of User Committee
Ms. Marrich, Mr. Studarus and Mr. Sandoval provided a report on the activities of the User Committee and its plans for the next year.
Report on Activities in India
Mr. Ramchandran provided a report on the status of OpenStack project activities in India.
Meeting Close
There being no further business before the Board and upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was then adjourned at 4:55 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Mark Radcliffe
Secretary of the Meeting
Exhibit A
April 8, 2019 Minutes