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Hi all,<br>
<br>
After the last emails, I've written a summary text about several
topics related to the incubation/graduation.<br>
<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">I've even</span>
<span class="hps">written</span><span> </span><span class="hps">thinking
it might be</span> <span class="hps">interesting to share</span>
<span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span
class="hps">gvSIG</span> <span class="hps">community</span> <span
class="hps atn">(</span><span>if you see</span> <span
class="hps">right</span><span>)</span><span> in</span><span
class="hps"> gvSIG blog. And linked in gvSIG incubation
checklist.<br>
Let's go...<br>
</span></span><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%" lang="en-US"><font
color="#000000">Several
interesting discussions about the gvSIG project Incubation in
OSGeo
are being opened. As you know, in (1) you can consult the work
done
by gvSIG project, with the invaluable help of our mentor, to
become
an OSGeo project.</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font color="#000000">In order to lay all arguments
and reflections on the table, we write this text:</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font color="#000000">gvSIG is a project that is
supported by the gvSIG Association currently. Regulations of the
Association can be found in (2). </font>
</p>
<p><font color="#000000"><span lang="en-US">The gvSIG Association
works in the field of free geomatics and use of standards in
order to
</span><span lang="en-US">benefit</span><span lang="en-US"> an
environment where companies, especially SME, </span><span
lang="en-US">can</span><span lang="en-US">
develop </span><span lang="en-US">their</span><span
lang="en-US">
business model around </span><span lang="en-US">open source</span><span
lang="en-US">
software and knowledge sharing.<br>
<br>
We strongly believe in
building a space where we </span><span lang="en-US">succeed
in</span><span lang="en-US">
transform </span><span lang="en-US">expenses</span><span
lang="en-US">
(</span><span lang="en-US">purchase</span><span lang="en-US">
of
proprietary software licenses) </span><span lang="en-US">in
</span><span lang="en-US">investment (purchase of services)
</span><span lang="en-US">guaranteeing</span><span lang="en-US">
Technological Sovereignty (</span><span lang="en-US">open
source</span><span lang="en-US">
software). A space that will help us to find synergies between
the
public administration, universities and the business world;
synergies
that allow us to find better scenarios in relation to the
management
of existing resources and the development of </span><span
lang="en-US"><b>new
ethic</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>s</b></span><span
lang="en-US"><b>
of business where Sovereignty and Solidarity are reference
values</b></span><span lang="en-US">.<br>
<br>
In this context we
understand the software as a tool, as a means, and never as an
</span><span lang="en-US">purpose</span><span lang="en-US"> in
itself. An essential tool, a transformation tool, but </span><span
lang="en-US">anyway
</span><span lang="en-US">a tool. </span><span lang="en-US">It</span><span
lang="en-US">
explains why the gvSIG events (3) have a strong focus on users
of
these technologies. </span><span lang="en-US">O</span><span
lang="en-US">f
course without forgetting the implementation of </span><span
lang="en-US">different</span><span lang="en-US">
development workshops.<br>
<br>
We </span><span lang="en-US">make</span><span lang="en-US">
this introduction because I think some aspects </span><span
lang="en-US">about
</span><span lang="en-US">how we organize ourselves can </span><span
lang="en-US">be
</span><span lang="en-US">underst</span><span lang="en-US">oo</span><span
lang="en-US">d
better, also taking advantage to introduce ourselves to those
who do
not know us.<br>
<br>
Under </span><span lang="en-US">the </span><span
lang="en-US">gvSIG
project incubation </span><span lang="en-US">in </span><span
lang="en-US">OSGeo
there are several points to consider, many </span><span
lang="en-US">of
them related to</span><span lang="en-US"> the technical and
legal
characteristics of the project and other </span><span
lang="en-US">one</span><span lang="en-US">s
</span><span lang="en-US">related</span><span lang="en-US"> to
decision making at the technical level of the project, being </span><span
lang="en-US">these</span><span lang="en-US">
last </span><span lang="en-US">issues </span><span
lang="en-US">where
the debate arises.<br>
<br>
</span><span lang="en-US">In order to
guarantee the</span><span lang="en-US"> sustainability of </span><span
lang="en-US">the
</span><span lang="en-US">gvSIG model, based on the previously
mentioned purposes, </span><span lang="en-US">it</span><span
lang="en-US">
was </span><span lang="en-US">decided</span><span
lang="en-US"> to
create a professional structure. </span><span lang="en-US">The
purpose
is to maintain the</span><span lang="en-US"> continuity of
this structure from </span><span lang="en-US">the </span><span
lang="en-US">benefit</span><span lang="en-US">s</span><span
lang="en-US">
generated in the development of the business model that the
Association promotes.<br>
<br>
One of the main tasks of the technical
part of the mentioned </span><span lang="en-US">S</span><span
lang="en-US">tructure
was </span><span lang="en-US">the </span><span lang="en-US">migration
</span><span lang="en-US">of</span><span lang="en-US"> gvSIG to
the
new development branch, gvSIG 2.x, </span><span lang="en-US">to
allow
us to</span><span lang="en-US">:<br>
<br>
1. Get a small and stable
</span><span lang="en-US">core</span><span lang="en-US">.<br>
2. Have
well-defined API<br>
3. </span><span lang="en-US">Make easy the
development of plugins by the</span><span lang="en-US">
Community <br>
4.
Reduce the learning curve in gvSIG<br>
5. </span><span lang="en-US">H</span><span lang="en-US">elp
</span><span lang="en-US">to </span><span lang="en-US">train
new
developers<br>
<br>
In this context it is where this structure is </span><span
lang="en-US">who
makes </span><span lang="en-US">the </span><span
lang="en-US">day-to-day
</span><span lang="en-US">decision</span><span lang="en-US">s</span><span
lang="en-US">
and </span><span lang="en-US">it is who</span><span
lang="en-US">
meet the other developers to set the objectives to be
addressed
between different versions, although these </span><span
lang="en-US">objectives
are tackled or not</span><span lang="en-US"> depending on the
available resources. All this is documented in different
sections of
(1)<br>
<br>
We also </span><span lang="en-US">want to describe that</span><span
lang="en-US">
in most cases </span><span lang="en-US">the</span><span
lang="en-US">
requests from clients</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span
lang="en-US">who
hire gvSIG developments </span><span lang="en-US">are who</span><span
lang="en-US">
fix the product evolution. Our intention is to convince these
customers that </span><span lang="en-US">they </span><span
lang="en-US">authorize
</span><span lang="en-US">us</span><span lang="en-US"> to
release
these developments, being able to reverse new sets of features
</span><span lang="en-US">for
the common good</span><span lang="en-US">, and invest part of
the
benefit</span><span lang="en-US">s</span><span lang="en-US">
to the
evolution of structural improvements </span><span
lang="en-US">of the
product</span><span lang="en-US">.<br>
<br>
We are </span><span lang="en-US">glat</span><span
lang="en-US">
to receive the more contributors </span><span lang="en-US">the
</span><span lang="en-US">better. </span><span lang="en-US">O</span><span
lang="en-US">f
course, </span><span lang="en-US">when </span><span
lang="en-US">they
ensure that these adhere to the procedures to ensure </span><span
lang="en-US">the
quality of the </span><span lang="en-US">project. That is,
contributors who </span><span lang="en-US">know</span><span
lang="en-US">
that </span><span lang="en-US">we </span><span lang="en-US">talk
</span><span lang="en-US">about</span><span lang="en-US"> a
collective </span><span lang="en-US">project</span><span
lang="en-US">.<br>
<br>
</span><span lang="en-US">Maybe
we</span><span lang="en-US"> have some differences in the
nature of
our project respect</span><span lang="en-US">ing</span><span
lang="en-US">
other </span><span lang="en-US">one</span><span lang="en-US">s,
and
this is derived from the DNA of our organization and our
values. </span><span lang="en-US">B</span><span lang="en-US">ut
we
sincerely believe that </span><span lang="en-US">it can</span><span
lang="en-US">
be another contribution to the extensive and varied OSGeo
ecosystem,
</span><span lang="en-US">where</span><span lang="en-US"> we
humbly
</span><span lang="en-US">think that we </span><span
lang="en-US">can
contribute. </span><span lang="en-US">With</span><span
lang="en-US">
this thought we present </span><span lang="en-US">the project</span><span
lang="en-US">
to the </span><span lang="en-US">I</span><span lang="en-US">ncubation
and
</span><span lang="en-US">we </span><span lang="en-US">expect
OSGeo </span><span lang="en-US">decides about it</span><span
lang="en-US">.<br>
<br>
</span><span lang="en-US">Thank
you very much</span><span lang="en-US"> for your attention.</span></font></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%" align="left"><font
color="#000000">(1)
</font><a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Incubation_Checklist#Processes"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Incubation_Checklist#Processes">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Incubation_Checklist#Processes</a></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%" align="left"><font
color="#000000">(</font><font color="#000000">2</font><font
color="#000000">)
</font><a href="http://www.gvsig.com/en/gvsig-association">http://www.gvsig.com/en/gvsig-association</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%" align="left"
lang="en-US">
<font color="#000000">(</font><font color="#000000">3</font><font
color="#000000">)
</font><font color="#000000">The 11</font><font color="#000000"><sup>th</sup></font><font
color="#000000">
International gvSIG Conference will be held in </font><font
color="#000000">December</font><font color="#000000">
2015, and the 7</font><font color="#000000"><sup>th</sup></font><font
color="#000000">
Latinamerican and Caribbean gvSIG Conference </font><font
color="#000000">have
been</font><font color="#000000"> held </font><font
color="#000000">this
year,</font><font color="#000000"> among other national
conferences:
</font><a href="http://www.gvsig.com/en/conferences">http://www.gvsig.com/en/conferences</a></p>
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