[SIPForum-discussion] SFTF - SIP Test Framework.

[Jay Batson]

Robert also replied, but I'll add a couple of points.

1)  As Robert said, the SIP Foundry changed its website without  
notifying us, omitting the SFTF in the process.

Thanks again for the bug report -- we resolved this immediately, and  
the project is now properly included in the SIP Foundry website (look  
at the secondary menu under the "Developer" tab).  A couple of the  
links within the various pages are likely to be broken for a few more  
hours until we get them pointed to the proper URLs within the SIP  
Foundry website, and get the various (old) pages moved over to the  
new site.

2)  The Subversion (SVN) URLs for the code itself are the "same as  
the old ones."  These URLs are listed on the project page.

3)  Robert didn't detail Ed's factual inaccuracies about SFTF  
"ownership," and I want to clarify his comments.  I'm speaking about  
where "ownership" = Intellectual Property Rights.

The SIP Foundry provides (to the Forum) the needed development, code,  
and contributor maintenance structure to maintain the SFTF in open  
source form.  It provides servers to host the downloads, version  
control software, contributor license agreement management, and other  
necessary functions required to properly release and support an open  
source project.

But the SIP Forum is (still) the copyright holder for the SFTF, and  
the SFTF is released as open source under the GPL.  The SIP Foundry  
does also have some copyright rights in some of the code, as a result  
of managing contributor agreements for us, at our request.  But the  
Forum did not "give away" ownership of the SFTF.

4)  Robert has already corrected the the inaccuracy of the  
"foundering" remark relative to continuing contributions to the  
existing framework.  Relative to new tests, the SIP Phone technical  
recommendation is currently being restarted with newly-added  
volunteers to get this restarted.  Once this task group produces a  
Technical Recommendation, we expect examine whether the scope of the  
Framework should be expanded with new cases / code, etc.  If you have  
suggested things you think should be done in the interim, please feel  
free to bring them up on the Technical Working Group mailing list  
(techwg at sipforum dot org).

Finally, with regard to to the SIP Forum's activities of late, I'm  
late to the comments on this today as a direct result of some Forum  
activity.  I'm happy to say that -- as I write this -- I'm in Miami,  
FL., USA helping moderate 3 days of seminars on SIP Trunking (at the  
Internet Telephony Conference, for which we are a marketing co- 
sponsor).  These sessions include a good discussion of the SIP  
Forum's SIPconnect technical recommendation, completed by the SIP  
Forum during 2006.  The session panelists include many SIP Forum Full  
Members, as well as Rich Shockey, the Task Group Chair for the SIP  
Forum's SIPconnect Task group.  We are midway through day 2, and have  
had well over 200 attendees from all over the western hemisphere -  
from the U.S. to Brazil, and more - come learn about SIP Forum  
SIPconnect.  It's clearly one of the biggest activities at this  
conference, and the Forum is happy to be a meaningful part of the  
effort to increase the adoption of, and advance the interoperability  
of SIP Trunking.  You learn more about SIPconnect at http:// 
www.sipforum.org/sipconnect

Thanks again to all for giving us visibility on the issues with the  
SIP Foundry.
Cheers
-jb


On Jan 25, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Ed Keegan wrote:
> In short, nothing has been done regarding the test framework since  
> it was commissioned.
>
> The SIP Forum, which paid for the test framework to be developed,  
> promptly gave away ownership of the test framework to the SIP  
> Foundry, where it has floundered ever since.
>
> I suggest you ask the Chairman and Managing Director for an  
> explanation. And while you're at it, you might want to ask what the  
> Forum has actually been doing for the last 2 years under his  
> leadership.
>
> Good luck!
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Hutton, Andrew
>   To: 'discussion at sipforum.org'
>   Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:23 AM
>   Subject: [SIPForum-discussion] SFTF - SIP Test Framework.
>
>  Does anybody know what has happened to the test framework that was  
> created by the SIP Forum and put under the control of the  
> sipfoundry. I know it used to be available from http:// 
> www.sipfoundry.org/sftf/ but this link no longer works.
>
>   Has the tool been withdrawn ?
>
>   Did anybody use it ?
>
>   Regards
>   Andy
>   Andrew Hutton
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