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Hi Bob,<br>
<br>
interesting thoughts you raise. BTW, same here - we are in no hurry
actually. <br>
<br>
I occurs to me: how many projects are in the incubation list, that is:
waiting for check and decision whether to get incubated or not?
Providing such a list might enhance transparency.<br>
<br>
Probably it's fair to ask about well-defined criteria and metrics. This
will also be a matter of OSGeo's policy: whether to brand projects in
retrospect for their achievement, or proactively for their potential
(such as relevant, stable technology). <br>
<br>
Just some idle thoughts...<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
Peter<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/06/2010 03:46 PM, Bob Basques wrote:
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<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> All, </p>
<br>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> I think the focus is
a bit unstructured in how OSGEO should be perceiving a project and
measuring it's success. Projects come and go, and I think a better (or
one that should be receiving more attention) evaluation criteria should
be how much activity a project receives and how often it is updated,
if this falls off I would suspect that there is some sort of slow down
in the project development and address it then. The emphasis on wide
community participation while good, is not necessarily the only or best
way to go. More than one project under the OSGEO banner started out
as an individual effort. </p>
<br>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> I'm in somewhat of a
similar situation with advocating GeoMoose which has been on the
Incubation list for while now, mostly for reason other than activity,
it's really rather stable as far as a contributing community goes, I've
not pursued the incubation stuff actively because of these types of
topics.. No big hurry on my (our) part to get through incubation, but
this thread has brought into focus, one of the shortcomings (I see) in
the incubation (evaluation of a project) process. I think it's more
about activity and less about who(m) is involved. </p>
<br>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> BTW, one metric that
I think would be nice in graduated projects, would be some sort of
activity or commit frequency to code, I'm on more than one list and see
some long periods of inactivity from some of them from time to time, is
there. Does (should) low frequency of edits mean the development is
done, if so, then what? Is it a tired (or idle) project and should be
pushed to the OSGEO old programs page :c). </p>
<br>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> Anyway, just
sounding off . . . </p>
<br>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> bobb </p>
<br>
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>>> "Baumann, Peter" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:p.baumann@jacobs-university.de"><p.baumann@jacobs-university.de></a>
wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> Hi Cameron,<br>
<br>
it is true that I am the Principal Architect of rasdaman and also CEO
of the company, and both appear side by side on fairs like Intergeo and
FOSSGIS. But it appears that we are mixing two different things now.<br>
<br>
First issue is provision and maintenance of the open-source rasdaman
code. This is warranted by my research group at Jacobs University. I
see no difference to any other university-led project here. The fact
that there is a company _in addition_ does not at all deteriorate the
above statement.<br>
<br>
Which gets me to the second facet of your argument: too few committers.
Admitted: As we had discussed, this is the case currently as I am very
careful in giving this right to other developers. They need to convince
me about their skills, commitment, and ethics first. But we are
actively trying to spot suitable candidates, and I hope we will have
more committers soon. It is part of our community building, and any
OSGeo decision certainly will have impact one or the other way.<br>
<br>
So your argument seems to say, in the end, that further external
committers need to be found. Totally agreed from my side. Would such a
broadening of maintenance settle your concerns?<br>
<br>
-Peter<br>
<br>
<br>
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________________________________________<br>
From: Cameron Shorter [<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>]<br>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 4:30 AM<br>
To: Baumann, Peter<br>
Cc: Bruce Bannerman; OSGeo-incubator<br>
Subject: Re: Is rasdaman suitable/ready for OSGeo incubation?<br>
<br>
Peter,<br>
The (possibly incorrect) understanding I have is that you, being one<br>
person, have been the central driver behind rasdaman, sometimes under<br>
the banner of the university and sometimes under your company.<br>
<br>
However, my key concern from OSGeo's point of view is that the current<br>
link with a proprietary license will hinder growth of a robust
community.<br>
Other OSGeo Incubation members may suggest otherwise.<br>
<br>
On 04/12/10 13:51, Baumann, Peter wrote:<br>
> Cameron,<br>
><br>
> thanks for all the effort and serious considerations put into your
looking at rasdaman. I am very grateful about our discussion - among
others, it has shown me that the description provided on
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.rasdaman.org">www.rasdaman.org</a> needs refinement and clarification. I have attempted
to go into that immediately with the "feature matrix" as a start, but
other places will have to undergo a check as well.<br>
><br>
> About the licensing, let me correct some false impression. The
open-source rasdaman code is _not_ maintained by a company, but by a
university. So the conclusion that further development of rasdaman
would depend on one company is wrong in two respects:<br>
> - it is not one, but two entities supporting rasdaman<br>
> - it is not a company which is the main promoter of open source
rasdaman, but a university<br>
><br>
> Hope that helps to clarify situation a bit. I feel it very
fruitful that now we have come to a discussion, hope we can continue
this fruitful exchange.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Peter<br>
><br>
> ________________________________________<br>
> From: Cameron Shorter [<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>]<br>
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 12:40 AM<br>
> To: Baumann, Peter; Bruce Bannerman; OSGeo-incubator<br>
> Subject: Is rasdaman suitable/ready for OSGeo incubation?<br>
><br>
> I had the pleasure this week of meeting Peter Baumann, the primary<br>
> author behind rasdaman [1], a dual licensed raster processing<br>
> application. Along with Bruce Bannerman, we discussed rasdaman's<br>
> application for OSGeo application (initiated 18 months ago).<br>
><br>
> Understandably, Peter noted some frustration by the lack of
progress<br>
> moving toward OSGeo Incubation.<br>
><br>
> Since talking to Peter, I've looked at rasdaman further, and think
that<br>
> rasdaman has some great functionality, but I'm concerned that the<br>
> current dual license will hamper uptake from the open source
community.<br>
><br>
> Radaman is provided via an open source community edition, and then
has<br>
> extensions which are in a proprietary enterprise edition. [2] My
concern<br>
> is the dual license will substantially reduce the number of
developers<br>
> prepared to grow the rasdaman developer community, as there will
be a<br>
> feeling that the prime developer will only maintain and advance the<br>
> enterprise version.<br>
><br>
> One of the key goals for incubation is to build a robust developer<br>
> community, with contributors from multiple organisations, and to
have<br>
> the project grow sustainably. As it stands, I think that rasdaman's<br>
> licence model will make the project dependent upon the organisation<br>
> offering the enterprise software, which is counter to some of OSGeo<br>
> principles.<br>
><br>
> Peter,<br>
> I understand the challenge of finding a suitable business model and<br>
> deciding whether to go down the proprietary or open source route.
Yes,<br>
> with Open Source you do get significant marketing reach and having<br>
> others share development costs. Alternatively, with proprietary,
you can<br>
> charge for software. If you wish to try to achieve both, then you
will<br>
> likely end up having to write most/all software yourself, which
doesn't<br>
> align with OSGeo goals of building a robust developer community.<br>
> This may be a reason why people on the incubation committee have
not<br>
> pushed rasdaman forward further.<br>
> If you wish to continue with OSGeo incubation, I would suggest<br>
> considering adjusting your licence model.<br>
><br>
><br>
> [1] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://rasdaman.eecs.jacobs-university.de/trac/rasdaman">http://rasdaman.eecs.jacobs-university.de/trac/rasdaman</a><br>
> [2] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://rasdaman.eecs.jacobs-university.de/trac/rasdaman/wiki/Features">http://rasdaman.eecs.jacobs-university.de/trac/rasdaman/wiki/Features</a><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Cameron Shorter<br>
> Geospatial Director<br>
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050<br>
> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254<br>
><br>
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- Professor of Computer Science, Jacobs University Bremen
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- Executive Director, rasdaman GmbH Bremen (HRB 147737)
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