Overview of Proposal

CNCF has very similar phases for its projects to what we have at Hyperledger but they use the term "Graduated" instead of "Active" after incubation. As we all know, the term "Active" has been a source of confusion for a long time and the term Graduated is a much better name. Using Graduated would end the confusion we have with Active and besides the initial cost of switching - updating all the docs, etc - there doesn't seem to be any downsides.

Formal Proposal(s)

Rename Active status and call it Graduated. Retain a reference to Active as the former name. Clearly specify that Graduated stands for "Graduated from Incubation" and not "Graduated from Labs" to avoid confusion.

Action Items

• Update all documentation and the website accordingly
  

Reviewed By

• Angelo De Caro
• Arnaud J Le Hors
• Arun S M
• Baohua Yang
• Bobbi Muscara
• Danno Ferrin
• David Enyeart
• Gari Singh
• Grace Hartley
• Hart Montgomery
• Maria Teresa Nieto
• Mark Wagner
• Nathan George
• Tracy Kuhrt
• Troy Ronda