a. Mifos X is the Intellectual Property; renamed to Apache Fineract and donated to Apache Software Foundation. Mifos X was initially fiscal sponsored by Software Freedom Conservancy.
b. License of Mifos X has been changed from MPL 2.0 to Apache 2.0 during this transition.
c. Community governance model changed from Mifos Foundation to Apache way.
d. Most of the project dependent applications are still licensed under MPL 2.0 and maintained by Mifos Foundation.
e. The project discussions are connected and documentations have been assessed to be highly scattered.
f. There is an ongoing effort by the Apache Software Foundation PMC to bind the Apache Fineract(Mifos X )to Apache Software Foundation’s governance model, as if the project’s Intellectual Property is entirely owned and controlled by the public charity Apache Software Foundation.
g. In the public facing records, non independence in the Project definition of Apache Fineract has been disclosed inter alia private affiliations of volunteers in Apache Software Foundation.
h. In the public facing records, some stakeholders with private affiliations are observed to benefit from meritocracy of Apache Software Foundation, with first PMC appointments, during the transition.
For making assessments for IP clarification of componentized Intellectual Property rights of contributors, and roles and responsibilities of stakeholders:
Identify purpose and intent of Grameen Foundation, USA ( a 501c(3) US organisation, (with sister legal bodies in India, Ghana, Kenya, Philippines, Uganda) for assigning and transferring an open source Intellectual Property to a restricted 501c(3) organisation, without legal bases in jurisdictions outside USA?
What are the solution licensing and third party open source licensing compatibility practices, followed through the tripartite sequential assignments between Grameen Foundation, Mifos Foundation and Apache Software Foundation?
Have the governance board members of Mifos Foundation taken cognisance off any objections to the assignment of Intellectual Property rights between Mifos Foundation and Apache Software Foundation?
Have the governance board members of Apache Software Foundation taken cognisance off any objections and breach of public trust in regards to the assignment between Mifos Foundation and Apache Software Foundation?
Have the governance board members of Grameen Foundation taken cognisance off any objections and breach of public trust in regards to the assignment between COSM and Mifos Foundation?
Are there instances of contributions/submissions of code, triage and documentation to the source code where;
Work submitted without the original author(s) having signed a CLA, and
Work is submitted under the false pretexts, title or author origins?
If Yes, please list the PRs here, and
If yes, list the contents of PMC Board Report, identifying PMC’s cognisance of these contributions.