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Project proposal applying to move ACA-Py to OWF #42

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This PR contains a project proposal applying to move the Hyperledger Aries sub-project Aries Cloud Agent Python (ACA-Py) to the OpenWallet Foundation. ACA-Py (Aries Cloud Agent Python) is an open-source framework designed to facilitate the creation, management, and utilization of decentralized digital identities. ACA-Py enables secure, interoperable communication between entities using decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials, adhering to standards such as DIDComm, OpenID4VCs and the W3C Verifiable Credentials. This proposal has been vetted by the Aries community, and we look forward to continuing that discussion in the OWF.

@dbluhm, @tkuhrt, @jamshale, @TelegramSam, @jljordan42 @brianbehlendorf, @WadeBarnes, @andrewwhitehead, @chumbert

ACA-Py includes several repositories that would transition together with the core ACA-Py repo, as noted in the project proposal.

The Aries community will shortly follow up with 3 other project proposal PRs to apply to move other Aries sub-projects to OWF, and a couple of others could follow over time. We also will be submitting a proposal to start a "Wallet Interoperability" Special Interest Group (SIG) at OWF that will be a forum for promoting interoperability across these and other related projects, specifications and standards. This note will be updated with links to the related PRs for:

  • Askar
  • Wallet Test Tools -- to be grouped with the OWF's Mobile Wallet Test Harness
  • DIDComm Mediator Service
  • Wallet Interoperability Special Interest Group

Signed-off-by: Stephen Curran <[email protected]>
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tkuhrt commented Sep 12, 2024

@swcurran : Thank you for the proposal. I would like to add this as an agenda item for our next TAC meeting, which is October 18th @ 7:00 AM US/Pacific. Would that time work for the team to represent this proposal?

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Sounds good. I’ll let others in the ACA-Py community know. Presumably, we’re cover all of the related proposals at the same time?

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tkuhrt commented Sep 13, 2024

Not sure if we will make them through all of them, but we can definitely bring them to the attention of the TAC. I figure we start with this one and see if we can get approval for all of them, but we do tend to take a while. :)


## External Dependencies

The ACA-Py dependency list is maintained in the [source repository](https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python/blob/main/pyproject.toml). A NOTICES file is also in the repository, but needs to be updated.
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Can you comment on the licenses for these dependencies?

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I added a quick note to the proposal. All are open source, and I'm sure that vast majority are Apache 2, but we can do an inventory if needed.

* [ACA-Py Plugins](https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-acapy-plugins) — registry published to [https://plugins.aca-py.org](https://plugins.aca-py.org)
* [ACA-Py Tools](https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-acapy-tools) — various tools related to ACA-Py including those for upgrade data migrations.
* [ACA-Py Controllers](https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-acapy-controllers/blob/main/AliceFaberAcmeDemo/README.md) — demos of Aries ACA-Py controllers (business logic) using different technical stacks.
* [VC-Authn-OIDC](https://github.com/bcgov/vc-authn-oidc) — a multi-tenant OpenIDConnect Identity Provider (IdP) component to enable OIDC Relying Parties to use Verifiable Credential presentations for authentication.
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Is the intention to move all of these repos to OWF, including the one that is currently in the bcgov organization?

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Yes. The BC Gov (vc-authn-oidc) one could have been contributed to Hyperledger some time ago, and the team believes it would be a good time to contribute it. Its mature, well-used and continues to evolve based on production use cases.

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tkuhrt commented Sep 13, 2024

October 18th @ 7:00 AM US/Pacific

Ugh...got the wrong date. This should have said September 18th @ 7:00 AM US/Pacific. My bad.

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We support this project. Many members of GAN use ACA-Py heavily.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Curran <[email protected]>
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