[Incubator] Suggest QGIS For Graduation

[Gary Sherman]

On Mar 11, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Gary Sherman wrote:
>> On Mar 10, 2008, at 2:58 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>> The QGIS Social Contract captures the right "vibe", but I'm  
>>> hesitant to vote for QGIS graduation without a process which  
>>> ensures all contributors accept their responsiblities. The  
>>> acceptance can be an email to an archived list (as is the case  
>>> with Mapbuilder) or more legally binding signed paper contract as  
>>> is the case with many other projects.
>>>
>> We've added a Contributors Agreement which lays out the  
>> expectations and implements a requirement to publicly agree on the  
>> developer mailing list. You can view it at:
>> http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/ContributorGuidelines
>> This paged is linked from a number of other pages to ensure that it  
>> is plainly evident to newcomers.
>
> Gary,
>
> I would also ask that part of the process of adding new commiters is  
> that
> they review the appropriate documents and indicate their willingness  
> to
> abide by them.  I don't recall any such step when I became a QGIS  
> committer.

This is what we have formalized with the changes to the QGIS wiki. One  
of the requirements is to agree publicly via the qgis-developer list.  
(We didn't ask you because we trust you ;)

>
>
> In addition to publishing the documents, I think it is important to  
> ensure
> new (and old) contributors have reviewed them and agree.

We will ask existing contributors to view the requirements and  
reaffirm their agreement.

-gary

>
>
> Best regards,
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