A new upstream project to break up Docker into independent components
Hi all, Docker founder here. It appears that the explanation in the pull request is not very clear. Sorry about that. We didn&#x27;t expect the PR to be the first thing people read: there is a new website at mobyproject.org. Unfortunately Github is struggling under the load, and I can&#x27;t update the PR text to clarify.<p>Here is an updated version with some clarifications:<p>&lt;&lt;&lt;<p>Docker is transitioning all of its open source collaborations to the Moby project going forward.
During the transition, all open source activity should continue as usual.<p>IMPORTANT NOTE: if you are a Docker user, this does not change anything. Docker CE continues to exist as a downstream open-source product, with exactly the same interface, packages and release cycle. This change is about the upstream development of the components of Docker, and making that process more open and modular. Moby is not a replacement for Docker: it&#x27;s a framework to help system engineers build platforms like Docker out of many components. We use Moby to build Docker, but you can use it to build specialized systems other than Docker.<p>You can learn more at <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mobyproject.org" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mobyproject.org</a><p>We are proposing the following list of changes:<p>- splitting up the engine into more open components
- removing the docker UI, SDK etc to keep them in the Docker org
- clarifying that the project is not limited to the engine, but to the assembly of all the individual components of the Docker platform
- open-source new tools &amp; components which we currently use to assemble the Docker product, but could benefit the community
- defining an open, community-centric governance inspired by the Fedora project (a very successful example of balancing the needs of the community with the constraints of the primary corporate sponsor)<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<p>EDIT: I&#x27;m happy to answer any follow-up questions here, if it helps clarify.