<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Nick/Even - <div></div><div><br></div><div>One of the main reasons for applying for the OSGeo Community Project status is to help with product direction and attract other contributors, using AI agents or otherwise. </div><div><br></div><div>I agree adding a section in CONTRIBUTING.md (human accountability, etc) makes sense; I also think having some standards for AGENTS.md is probably something to consider (testing, scope, and security expectations). I'm glad to do any of these if that is the direction the community aligns with. </div><div><br></div><div>I appreciate the discussion regardless of the outcome for GeoLens here. </div><div><br></div></div>Ian<div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 3:45 AM Even Rouault <<a href="mailto:even.rouault@spatialys.com" target="_blank">even.rouault@spatialys.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p>Looking at
<a href="https://github.com/geolens-io/geolens/graphs/contributors?from=27%2F06%2F2026" target="_blank">https://github.com/geolens-io/geolens/graphs/contributors?from=27%2F06%2F2026</a>
, you can see that there were 4 other committers than Ian
(excluding dependabot), contributing a grand total of 7 commits
compared to Ian's 1095, and looking at their commits, it is clear
(from the verbosity of the commit message) that 3 of them also
used an agent. So the collaboration space is limited to people
using agents.</p>
<div>Le 29/09/2026 à 08:35, Nick Bearman via
Incubator a écrit :<br>
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<div dir="auto">Hello,<br>
<br>
Here are my thoughts. <br>
<br>
The board said they are not banning or enforcing the use if AI,
it is up to individual projects. They didn't say about use of AI
in Communtiy Projects. <br>
<br>
I suggest we apply the rest of the criteria - which, if memory
serves incudes that the project shows collaboration:<br>
<br>
<<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Step_2:_Join_OSGeo_Community_Projects_Initiative" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Step_2:_Join_OSGeo_Community_Projects_Initiative</a>><br>
<br>
We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with
a history of bug report or pull requests.<br>
<br>
So I think this project qualifies. I've not reviewed everything
else but assuming it does then I think it is ok. <br>
<br>
Please do share more thoughts everyone!<br>
<br>
My personal opinion is that it would be worth making clear how
you used AI coding agents Ian. Perhaps this is something to add
to the README or CONTRINUTING files?<br>
<br>
Best wishes<br>
Nick. <br>
<br>
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<div dir="auto">On 28 September 2026 23:03:19 BST, Jody Garnett
via Incubator <a href="mailto:incubator@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank"><incubator@lists.osgeo.org></a> wrote:</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr"> The board has not really provided guidance on
vibe coding. </div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">My own personal opinion is that open source
requires collaboration - the test our incubation process has
is to have input from several organizations (not just
several developers) in order to offer users some assurance
that a project will be sustained. With that in mind, while I
am okay with AI being used for assistance / reference, it
has some weakness from the sustainability angle.</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">The above is my own take only; there was some
osgeo discussion over the summer but I did not understand
the result.</div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div class="gmail_signature">
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>- -<br>
</div>
<div>Jody Garnett</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sep 28, 2026 at
2:55:04 PM, Ian Shiland <<a href="mailto:ishiland@gmail.com" target="_blank">ishiland@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">Hi Even,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Yes. AI coding agents, mainly Claude Code with
Codex as a reviewer, write most of GeoLens with
guidance from me. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>If this is grounds for ineligibility, I'll withdraw
the page submission. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Ian</div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 28, 2026
at 5:27 PM Even Rouault <<a href="mailto:even.rouault@spatialys.com" target="_blank">even.rouault@spatialys.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>@Ian looking at the commit history and pull
request history, this is obviously vibe coded. Can
you confirm ?</p>
<p>@Jody Is this OK for vibe coded projects to be
community projects ?</p>
<p>Even</p>
<div>Le 28/09/2026 à 23:15, Ian Shiland via
Incubator a écrit :<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Jody,<br>
<br>
<div>Thanks for the access. The GeoLens project
page is now submitted for review. I left the
project type as None for now and will switch
it to Community Project once the committee
confirms. Let me know if anything on the page
needs changing.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Ian</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep
28, 2026 at 12:33 PM Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> Hi Ian,</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">I added you as project author
role, so you should be able to create a
page now!<br>
<div>
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<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>- -<br>
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<div>Jody Garnett</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sep
20, 2026 at 7:42:07 AM, Ian Shiland <<a href="mailto:ishiland@gmail.com" target="_blank">ishiland@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Jody,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I’ve confirmed that my OSGeo
account, ishiland, still cannot
access the Projects dashboard - it
returns a permission error. Could
you enable project-author access and
confirm the current status of
GeoLens’s Community<br>
Project application? The listing
content and logo are ready. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks, </div>
<div>Ian</div>
</div>
<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On
Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 1:42 PM Ian
Shiland <<a href="mailto:ishiland@gmail.com" target="_blank">ishiland@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Jody,<br>
<br>
I have an OSGeo user id now: <b>ishiland</b>.
Regina sent a mantra through
sysadmin, so registration is done
and a profile has been created. <br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Ian<br>
</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On
Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 1:57 PM Ian
Shiland <<a href="mailto:ishiland@gmail.com" target="_blank">ishiland@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr">Hi Jody, I've
requested a mantra from <a href="mailto:mantra-request@osgeo.org" target="_blank">mantra-request@osgeo.org</a> so I can
create the account. I'll send
the user id as soon as it
comes through.<br>
<br>
<div>Thanks,<br>
Ian</div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri,
Aug 21, 2026 at 1:33 PM Jody
Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>
<div dir="ltr"> Hi Ian,</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">Please
provide your osgeo user
id, and sign into the <a href="http://osgeo.org" target="_blank">osgeo.org</a> website
to fill in your profile
information. Then I can
grant the profile
permission to make a new
project page.</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">For more
information see: <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/community/getting-started-osgeo/add-a-project/" target="_blank">https://www.osgeo.org/community/getting-started-osgeo/add-a-project/</a></div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
<div>
<div class="gmail_signature">
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>- -<br>
</div>
<div>Jody
Garnett</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On
Aug 21, 2026 at
6:33:34 AM, Ian
Shiland via Incubator
<<a href="mailto:incubator@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">Hello,<br>
<br>
I'd like to apply
for OSGeo Community
Project status for
GeoLens, a
self-hosted
geospatial data
catalog and map
builder built on
PostGIS. It ingests
common vector and
raster formats,
serves them through
OGC API - Features,
OGC API - Records,
STAC and DCAT, and
includes a web map
builder with vector
tiles.<br>
<ul>
<li>Repository: <a href="https://github.com/geolens-io/geolens" target="_blank">https://github.com/geolens-io/geolens</a> (Apache-2.0)</li>
<li>User
documentation: <a href="https://docs.getgeolens.com/" target="_blank">https://docs.getgeolens.com</a></li>
<li>Live demo: <a href="https://demo.getgeolens.com/" target="_blank">https://demo.getgeolens.com</a></li>
<li>Contribution
policy:
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
(DCO)</li>
<li>Code of
conduct:
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
(Contributor
Covenant)</li>
<li>Issue tracker
and discussions:
public on GitHub</li>
</ul>
<div><span>The first
public release
was June 2026
and the project
has shipped
regular tagged
releases since
(currently
v1.14.1). The
repository has
issues and pull
requests from
outside
contributors,
and GeoLibre (an
OpenGeos
project) ships a
built-in GeoLens
integration that
I've contributed
fixes back to.</span></div>
<br>
If a project listing
on <a href="http://osgeo.org/" target="_blank">osgeo.org</a> needs
to exist before this
application, point
me at the right
process and I'll
take care of it.<br>
<br>
Happy to answer any
questions.<br>
<br>
Ian Shiland<br>
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