Open Stack

Licensing - Has there been a conversation around licensing? Glance may not be the place to manage licenses (issue, track, revoke, renew, register, etc...) but one attribute of an image is whether it needs a license or not and if it does, where does one go to get one.

Licensing service? Maybe it can start in Glance...
 
Z

On Apr 12, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Jay Pipes wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> We're in the planning stages for Diablo now, working on putting
> together blueprints, which turn into sessions at the design summit.
> 
> I know the Glance team is small and our project narrow in scope, but
> it would be great to get some feedback from the list about stuff you'd
> like to see included in Glance in the Diablo release.
> 
> Some possible thoughts:
> 
> * Authn/authz - This is a big one, but dependent on the overall
> discussion of federated auth going on in the Nova/Swift communities.
> Glance will merely follow suit with what Nova does most likely.
> * Image conversion. This actually already has a blueprint, but maybe
> good for a detailed discussion at the summit? See
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/glance/+spec/image-file-conversion
> * Metrics - for instance, tracking operations performed (read/write,
> bytes out/in, ?) Would this even be useful?
> * Integration with more backend storage systems?
> * XML support in the API?
> * Having Glance "understand" what is contained in the disk images by
> inspecting them on upload?
> * A Glance dashboard app?
> 
> Please feel free to expand on any of the above and add any suggestions
> you have on the future direction of Glance. Your input is truly
> appreciated.
> 
> Cheers!
> jay
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack
> Post to     : openstack at lists.launchpad.net
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp