One suggestion - since there is a lot of concern about the idea of "rating" projects, maybe the PSCs of each of the projects should be consulted before going ahead with this? After all -- it's for each of these projects' benefits that this is being considered, and if the various PSC consensus is this is not a good idea .. it should probably carry a lot of weight.
Dave Dave McIlhagga www.mapsherpa.com www.dmsolutions.ca On 2010-06-10, at 4:44 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > On 11/06/10 01:59, Michael P. Gerlek wrote: >> >> (Along those lines, I'd also ask precisely what "ready to start" incubation >> means...) > > "Ready to start incubation" implies that projects that have applied for, or > are mature enough to apply, can be ranked at the same level as projects in > incubation. > > I propose we use OSGeo's criteria for selecting incubation candidates here: > http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/evaluation.html > > (At some point we should revisit OSGeo's checklists, but lets leave that for > another email thread and for the moment we use what we have). > > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Criteria > > The code is under an OSI approved license (data & doc projects need to > specify their choice for a type of license). > The project is willing to keep code clear of encumbrances > The project is "geospatial", or directly in support of geospatial > applications. > Desirable > > The following are desirable traits of projects entering into the community: > > Open source software is already reasonably mature (working quality code). > Project already has a substantial user community. > Project already has a substantial and diverse developer community. > Project members are aware of, and implements support for, relevant standards > (ie. OGC, etc). > Project has linkages with existing foundation projects. > Project fills a gap related to software that the foundation supports. > Project is prepared to develop in an open and collaborative fashion. > Project has contributions and interest from more than just one > company/organization. > Project is willing to migrate some or all of its infrastructure (code > repository, web site, wiki, mailing list, etc) to foundation support > infrastructure, and to adopt a website style consistent with the foundation. > Geospatial Director > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source > http://www.lisasoft.com > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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