8 votes so far Any further votes?
Stefan Stefan Steiniger wrote: > Dear OpenJUMP Fellows, > > I am not sure who did follow my discussion with Landon on the wiki > hosting. But Landon got a strong oppinion, now, to ask the OSGeo for > hosting our wiki only if we join them --- i.e. he is proposing to join > (as far as I understand). > > So I decided that we should do a second voting. Therefore I have > attached the conclusions of my last OSGEO requirements assessment again. > > *drum roll* Now the question: > > *Who is for joining the OSGEO?* > > And an answer can look like this: > +1 = yes, "we can" join > -1 = no, no ... please don't join > 0 = I don't know > > notes: > a) anybody on the JPP devel list can answer! (as I suppose the people > that will help are rather sitting around here) > > b) if the summarized vote is "no": we will probably can host the wiki > at the Ecos institute in Brazil > > c) enquiries can be send to myself off- or on-list > > Master of Ceremonies and JJP Co-project Lead ;) > Stefan Steiniger > > > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Betreff: [JPP-Devel] OpenJUMP as an OSGEO project - Assessing the > Requirements > Datum: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:15:58 -0600 > > Dear OJ user/developer. > > I send this email to the devel list, as here rather the core people are > listening and this is also a discussion list for us. > > Now, I have read all the docs required for an OSGEO incubation. I will > attach a rather lenghtly file where I added comments to the different > questions/criteria. > > A couple of things will require some work and mentorship but I think it > would be doable to join OSGEO, as the restrictions in terms of > managements seem not to be so tight (i.e. we are require to document the > managment processes, but it is actually not said what management rules > we should implement) > > Here is a list of the major things that need to be done (see also the > very end of the text file): > > ==================================================== > Summary - Major Issues with respect to human resources > ==================================================== > required: > -------- > . document (established) license policy > . code contributors need to agree to project's license policy (written > form?). > . do a Code Provenance Review - check of licenses in the source code > (Ohloh may help here) => problem: we probably can not "GPL" or "LGPL" > (i.e. relicense) source code that has been inherited from other > projects, without the author permission (such code needs to be > externalized into a library). > . found a Steering Comittee > . establish documentation on project management procedures for PSC > decisions, contributor guidelines, etc. (see Project Graduation > Checklist point B3) > . start documentation of project decisions > . define release rules and process (not sure if that is a requirement) > . provide marketing material (handout, feature-matrix) > > optional: > -------- > . wiki + webpage transfer to OSGEO > . introduce automated testing system (junit) > . certification of standards? > ================================================= > > The only thing I am personally struggling is the definition of release > rules and a development plan if that is required (as this would play > against our "I contribute when I like" idea) > > I am awaiting your coments and a OJ-Joins-OSEGEO decision (+1: yes, 0: > don't know, -1 too much work) from the regular contributors, i.e. at > least an oppinion from: > Larry, Michael, Peppe, Andreas, Paul, Landon, Martin. > > I also welcome oppinions from Jukka, Jon, Paolo, Eric, Geoff, Sascha, > Lat/Lon, Intevation, Erwan, Arnd, Edgar, Ugo + Steve (if listening > ;),... and who ever wants to > > my personal vote: 0 (influenced by the work that needs to be done, > listed above) > > cheers from sunny Calgary > Stefan > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
