Rememeber you are not alone in the paperwork; ask questions early and often on the devel list here - we are interested in making it as easy as possible to contribute to geotools. I am very excited about your contribution it sounds like a nice clean functionality that will be of value to a lot of organisations.
Jody On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Bomark Mauritz <mauritz.bom...@lm.se> wrote: > OK, I will try to get through the paper work, hopefully it will run smoothly > ;-). > > /Mauritz > > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: Jody Garnett [mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com] > Skickat: den 26 november 2009 02:06 > Till: Andrea Aime > Kopia: Bomark Mauritz; geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Ämne: Re: [Geotools-devel] Module for reading ESRI mapcache > > Sorry I lost the page link - here is the link: > - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOT/2+Committers > > And if you could sign up for an osgeo id here > (http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid/) and let one of us know - we can then add > you to the project. > > The GeoToolsAssignmentToOSGeo.pdf file contains instructions for getting > along well with the OSGeo foundation (we basically need to send them paper > work covering a code contribution agreement - for either yourself or your > employer - or both!). > > Jody > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Sounds like a great community module; since Andrea has given you the >> +1 we can now go through the process of getting you commit access. >> >> The page is here; and it involves you sending something into OSGeo - >> you can see the sample "Welcome Letter" and attachment[1] that Andrea >> could of sent you. Just let us know when you have sent it away to >> OSGeo and we can set you up (any committer can set you up). >> >> Jody >> [1] >> http://docs.codehaus.org/download/attachments/9765352/GeotoolsAssignme >> ntToOSGeo.pdf?version=1 >> >> PS. Any feedback you can give me on these steps would be great (so we >> can make it easier for the next person). >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Andrea Aime <aa...@opengeo.org> wrote: >>> Bomark Mauritz ha scritto: >>>> At Lantmäteriet, the Swedish mapping and cadastral agency, we have >>>> developed a module that reads the ESRI Mapcache. We would like to >>>> add it as an unsupported module and hope to get approval to do so >>>> and start by setting up a wiki page. >>> >>> Great, I look forward to see that module in action :-) >>> >>> I think the only step you should take before getting commit access is >>> to sign a copyright assignment to OSGEO (either you as the writer or >>> the organisation you work for, whoever is the copyright holder of the >>> code you're donating): >>> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOT/1+Contributors >>> >>> Actually I'm not sure if that is even necessary for community modules... >>> pretty sure it is for supported modules thought.... hopefully someone >>> else will chime in and clarify this bit. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Andrea >>> >>> -- >>> Andrea Aime >>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org >>> Expert service straight from the developers. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --------- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal >>> Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration >>> and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application >>> coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Geotools-devel mailing list >>> Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel >>> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
