<div dir="ltr">Tell you what bruce, lets table this motion and continue with discussion (addressing the points raised).<div><br></div><div>If you are on the road either Cameron or myself can re-introduce a "motion" when these questions are answered.<div>--</div><div>Jody<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 11:51 PM, Bruce Bannerman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Jody,<br><br></div>We still have some outstanding requests for additional information from the Rasdaman community:<br><br></div>- Cameron's request for a summary of how Rasdaman meets each incubation checklist point. I was going to add additional observations to that provided by the community where required.<br><br></div>- following on from Frank's request and my follow up emails, we're waiting for a comment from the Rasdaman PSC on how they see that the Rasdaman community could add functionality that is currently within the commercial version to the community version, should the community deem this action to be desirable. From Rasdaman Community user feedback, an excellent example to guide this response could be the inclusion of support for 'null' values.<br><br></div>While I understand that key community members have had other commitments, I suggest either: <br><br>- putting a limit on the response time.<br><br></div><div>- withdrawing the motion recommending graduation, pending an appropriate response.<br><br></div><div><br></div>I will be travelling for the next few weeks and will now have little bandwidth to follow up on additional information requested from me until early December.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Bruce<br><br><br></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Jody Garnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We are running into the end of our 10 business days - if you have not already done so please take this opportunity to review Bruce's recommendation, and the documentation provided by the Rasdaman community.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></font></span><div><div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Jody Garnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for the nomination Bruce.<div><br></div><div>As this list sees such low traffic/participation we have struggled to reach quorum. I would like to keep this motion open for two weeks (10 business days) to allow members to review and vote.</div><div><div>--</div><div>Jody</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div>
<br></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Bruce Bannerman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>Project: Rasdaman <br><br></div>Project Contact: Peter Baumann<br><br>Project Mentor: Bruce Bannerman<br><br><br>Recommendation: Rasdaman to Graduate from OSGeo Incubation<br><br><br><div>Incubation Checklist: <a href="http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist" target="_blank">http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist</a><div style="width:16px;min-height:16px;display:inline-block"> </div> <br></div><div><br><br></div>Comments:<br><br>I
have been monitoring and participating in the Rasdaman Community
developer and user email lists for over four years. I plan to continue
to participate within the community.<br><br>It has been pleasing to see how the community has evolved over this time to develop effective, open and robust processes. <br><br>I
recommend to other FOSS4G communities to review what has been done, as
you may well find that Rasdaman offers a compelling solution for the
management of multi-dimensional array or gridded data that your project
may be able to capitalise on.<br><br><div>A summary of community activity may be found at: <a href="https://www.openhub.net/p/rasdaman" target="_blank">https://www.openhub.net/p/rasdaman</a> <br></div><div><br></div>Key project members are active within both OSGeo and the OGC.<br><br>Within
the OGC they have successfully guided a range of standards to support
mutltidimensional array (gridded) data which have culminated (currently)
in Web Coverage Service version 2.0 and a suite of extensions, see: <a href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs" target="_blank">http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs</a><br><br>The
project's principal, Professor Peter Baumann was also recently awarded
OGC's prestigious Kenneth D Gardels award for his contributions to OGC.<br><br><br><br><div>After
having participated within the community for four years and having
reviewed their OSGeo Project Graduation Checklist, I believe that
Rasdaman Community have fulfilled the requirements of OSGeo Incubation
and are eligible to graduate as an OSGeo Project.<br></div><div><br><br></div>The only reservation that I have is over the dual licensing model that is used by the sponsoring company, Rasdaman GmbH. See: <a href="http://www.rasdaman.com/Product/commercial+free.php" target="_blank">http://www.rasdaman.com/Product/commercial+free.php</a><div style="width:16px;min-height:16px;display:inline-block"> </div> <br><br>There are two versions: Community (GPL and LGPL) and Enterprise (free from GPL constraints).<br><br>The main difference between the two versions is summarised at: <a href="http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/Features" target="_blank">http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/Features</a><div style="width:16px;min-height:16px;display:inline-block"> </div> <br><br>This
dual licensing may create a problem for the Rasdaman Community in the
future should Rasdaman GmbH decide to sell its stake in the Rasdaman
Enterprise version of the software. We have already seen a similar
situation arise after the sale of MySQL which was similarly licensed. <br><br>However
as the community edition of the software is released under open source
licenses, I expect that the main impact would be to the continuity of
the Rasdaman Community in its current form. In the event of a sale, we
may see the software forked, as happened with MySQL.<br><div><br></div><div>For consideration and vote.<div><div><img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><div>Bruce<br></div></font></span></font></span></div>
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