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have picked up is that OSGeo Community projects are being asked
for CONTRIBUTING.md and LICENSE.md files [1], however there
isn't an obvious corresponding requirement for this in the OSGeo
Incubation Graduation Checklist [2].</span></p>
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!important; float: none;">I'd suggest that the Graduation
Checklist probably needs updating.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;
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!important; float: none;">I also notice the requirement for
Community projects to check headers for Open Source compliance,
although there isn't specific guidance on how such checks
should be applied. It sounds very similar to a "Provenance
Review". Our experience with OSGeo incubation is that the
"Provenance Review" is usually the biggest time sink and
stumbling block for projects going through incubation. I'd be
interested to hear Jody's thoughts on this.</span></p>
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!important; float: none;">Warm regards, Cameron<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects</a></span></p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/project_graduation_checklist.html">http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/project_graduation_checklist.html</a><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Cameron Shorter
Open Technologies Consultant
Geospatial & Software Architect
Open Source Developer
M +61 (0) 419 142 254
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://shorter.net">http://shorter.net</a></pre>
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