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<p>Hi all: declaring motion passed with the following votes:</p>
<p> - Angelos Tzotsos +1<br>
- Arnulf Christl +1<br>
- Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques<br>
- Brian M Hamlin<br>
- Daniel Morissette +1<br>
- Dimitris Kotzinos<br>
- Frank Warmerdam<br>
- Jo Cook<br>
- Jody Garnett<br>
- Michael Smith +1<br>
- Nick Bearman +1<br>
- Regina Obe<br>
- Steve Lime +1<br>
- Tom Kralidis +1</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">7 votes in favour. </div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I have now added POLAR as an OSGeo
Community Project on the website:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.osgeo.org/projects/polar/">https://www.osgeo.org/projects/polar/</a> and closed the gitea issue:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/14">https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/14</a></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Welcome to OSGeo POLAR!</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">For those interested, there was a
couple of comments on individual file level vs repository level
licensing approaches:</div>
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class="comment-text-line"> <a
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href="https://gitea.osgeo.org/jive">jive</a> commented
<a
href="https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/14#issuecomment-14262">2
weeks ago</a> </span> </div>
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<p dir="auto">I understand about not wishing the bulk of
headers, you may wish to take the more modern /
fashionable approach of using SPDX-License-Identifier in
each file, and maintain the license in the source
directory.</p>
<p dir="auto">My understanding is many of the license
compatibility tools search for SPDX-License-Identifier,
and you do not wish folks copying and pasting after
finding your code via web search to have an excuse for
missing "open source" label.</p>
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<div class="timeline-item comment" id="issuecomment-14269"> <a
class="timeline-avatar" href="https://gitea.osgeo.org/polar">
<img alt="" class="ui avatar tw-align-middle"
src="https://gitea.osgeo.org/avatar/533ff45f7dd38478d773cd1f38e5ec03?size=40"
title="polar" width="40" height="40"> </a>
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<div class="comment-header-left"> <span
class="comment-text-line"> <a
class="author text black tw-font-semibold muted"
href="https://gitea.osgeo.org/polar">polar</a>
commented <a
href="https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/14#issuecomment-14269">last
week</a> </span> </div>
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<p dir="auto">We are aware of the disadvantages and
potential risks described. However, we have consciously
decided to forgo licence markings in individual files
and instead rely on a repository-level licence file.</p>
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Best wishes and thanks for all your efforts and committee members
for voting. <br>
Nick.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 28/03/2026 16:57, Daniel Morissette
via Incubator wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Daniel</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2026-03-19 11:08, Nick Bearman via
Incubator wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:9899cf79-aae1-4fa4-baf1-74e079366404@nickbearman.com">Motioning
to accept POLAR as an OSGeo Community Project <br>
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The check list has been completed at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/14"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/14</a>
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The motion is held open for two weeks until Thursday 2 April and
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requires at least 50% quorum from the following Committee
Members: <br>
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- Angelos Tzotsos <br>
- Arnulf Christl <br>
- Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques <br>
- Brian M Hamlin <br>
- Daniel Morissette <br>
- Dimitris Kotzinos <br>
- Frank Warmerdam <br>
- Jo Cook <br>
- Jody Garnett <br>
- Michael Smith <br>
- Nick Bearman +1 <br>
- Regina Obe <br>
- Steve Lime <br>
- Tom Kralidis <br>
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I am happy with this, and am starting with a +1 <br>
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Thanks <br>
Nick. <br>
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