incubation-coredns.md

To be accepted to the inception stage, a project must:

• Add value to cloud native computing (i.e., containerization, orchestration, microservices, or some combination) and be aligned with the CNCF charter.

  • kubernetes/community#1100

• Have all code under an ASL 2.0 license, or another license explicitly approved by the Governing Board.

  • https://github.com/coredns/coredns/blob/master/LICENSE

  • https://app.fossa.io/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Fcoredns%2Fcoredns

To be accepted to incubating stage, a project must meet the inception stage requirements plus:

• Document that it is being used successfully in production by at least three independent end users which, in the TOC’s judgement, are of adequate quality and scope.

  • https://github.com/coredns/coredns/blob/master/ADOPTERS.md

  • Note: there are private adopters too that CoreDNS is willing to share to TOC privately

• Have a healthy number of committers. A committer is defined as someone with the commit bit; i.e., someone who can accept contributions to some or all of the project.

  • https://github.com/coredns/coredns/blob/master/MAINTAINERS

• Demonstrate a substantial ongoing flow of commits and merged contributions

  • https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases

  • https://github.com/coredns/coredns/graphs/contributors