<div dir="ltr">Very quickly, thanks for your email!<div><br></div><div>We want to make sure you have checked you have the permission to distribute each file (either wrote it yourself or a contributor agreed to make it open source). We have found in our research that having a copyright header is not a legal requirement, but it is a smart thing to do socially (for folks that discover your code via searching).</div><div><br></div><div>Your project page is one of the best first attempts we have seen here, some feedback:</div><div>- please make sure that your logo is placed on a white background (the sample image size is <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/template_tile.png">here</a>). Without this it looks bad when displayed in a list or at the top of the page on a green background.</div><div>- your diagram is very interesting, but I am not sure if it is a screen snap or not? We have a border <a href="https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/photos">here</a> to provide a laptop frame</div><div>- you have a link to Facebook, but it does not go anywhere (but perhaps that is an issue with the preview)</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 at 00:11, Seth G <<a href="mailto:sethg@geographika.co.uk">sethg@geographika.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
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I'd like to apply for OSGeo Community Project status for the mappyfile project. mappyfile is a Python library to create, parse, modify, and format MapServer Mapfiles.<br>
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It has been around for 3 years, with continuous development and contributions, and is used as a library in several public projects (see [1]), and many more non-public projects. It was first presented at FOSS4G-Europe (Paris) in 2017 (see slides at [2]). I've gone through the criteria listed on the OSGeo site [3] and added links and details below:<br>
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- Be geospatial<br>
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- mappyfile is a Python parser for working with MapServer MapFiles<br>
- User docs at <a href="https://mappyfile.readthedocs.io/en/latest/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mappyfile.readthedocs.io/en/latest/</a><br>
- ReadMe at <a href="https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/README.rst" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/README.rst</a><br>
- Is included in OSGeoLive (see [4])<br>
- Is included in ubuntugis-stable (package archive) [5]<br>
- I've created a draft project page on <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.osgeo.org/</a> - see [6]<br>
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- Have a free licence or an open source licence<br>
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- Uses the MIT Licence: <a href="https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/LICENSE" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/LICENSE</a><br>
- I'm unsure if each individual .py file requires a copyright header<br>
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- Welcome participation and new contributors. <br>
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- Has a small community of contributors see: <a href="https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/graphs/contributors" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/graphs/contributors</a><br>
- Has a contribution policy: <a href="https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md</a><br>
- Has a code of conduct: <a href="https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md</a><br>
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I'm happy to answer any questions on the project, and please let me know what other criteria need to be met to apply for community project status (as noted above I'm unsure if each individual file requires a copyright header). <br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Seth<br>
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[1] <a href="https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/network/dependents" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/network/dependents</a><br>
[2] <a href="https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/docs/_static/foss4ge2017_mappyfile_sgirvin.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/docs/_static/foss4ge2017_mappyfile_sgirvin.pdf</a><br>
[3] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects#Qualifying_As_An_OSGeo_Community_Project" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects#Qualifying_As_An_OSGeo_Community_Project</a><br>
[4] <a href="https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/commit/2df427d7744fc2adc0e9889af7a8f6c80dd9c11b" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/commit/2df427d7744fc2adc0e9889af7a8f6c80dd9c11b</a><br>
[5] <a href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntu/ppa" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntu/ppa</a><br>
[6] <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/?post_type=project&p=12880&preview=true" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.osgeo.org/?post_type=project&p=12880&preview=true</a><br>
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