[OpenLayers-Dev] proposal for GeoExt governance

[Erik Uzureau]

So from this mail and reading the two links... it sounds like the impact for
OL PSC
would be that we must make sure that:

1) GeoExt has a OSGeo-friendly license (and doesn't change it)
2) All contributors to GeoExt project have signed CLA
3) GeoExt remains Geo-related.

Seems like (1) and (3) are essentially a one-time deal. (2), however,
would imply someone from OL PSC monitoring all GeoExt commits
and double-checking to see that CLAs are on file for the committer
or in the event that the committer is merely acting as a reviewer,
then for the originator of the patch.

None of this seems particularly difficult or time consuming.

My immediate question, though, is "can a member of the OL PSC
act in any of these roles if they are also a member of the GeoExt
PSC (or general community)?"

If the answer is "yes", and either Tim or Eric (who I know are both
involved in GeoExt) would like to take on the responsibilities, then
I don't see any reason for the OL PSC *not* to approve this.

If the answer is "no", then a suitable chaperone among the uninvolved
on the OL PSC will have to step up.

Are there any side effects to this that are not being listed here? I mean,
whether the answer to my above question is "yes" or "no", it doesn't seem
like OL PSC really has anything to *lose* either way.... maybe I'm
missing something?

Erik



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 23:54, Tim Schaub <tschaub at opengeo.org> wrote:

> Hey-
>
> GeoExt is a project that aims to provide an Ext based toolkit for
> developing applications with OpenLayers.  The library will extend Ext
> widgets and data management classes with mapping functionality from
> OpenLayers.
>
> The GeoExt project steering committee and existing users and developers
> are interested in assigning copyright for the GeoExt code base to the
> OSGeo foundation.  For OSGeo to accept copyright, it would be ideal if
> an existing OSGeo project could participate in the governance of the
> GeoExt project.
>
> Our hope (as the GeoExt PSC) is that the OpenLayers PSC would accept
> this responsibility.  Exactly what "participate in the governance" means
> is a little hard to nail down.  I've put together a proposal with a bit
> more specific language:
>
> http://www.geoext.org/trac/geoext/wiki/governance
>
> I'd like to open discussion on this proposal and get a vote from the
> OpenLayers PSC some time next week.
>
> What this means for the OpenLayers PSC:
>
> The OpenLayers PSC requires that the GeoExt PSC provides evidence that
> GeoExt is following the criteria for becoming an OSGeo member project
> (as far as I can tell, this is best described here
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs#Criteria).
>
> In practice, this will mean that the OpenLayers PSC will request that
> the GeoExt PSC provide information on contributors and signed
> contributor license agreements, and that the GeoExt PSC maintains the
> "geospatial" nature of the project.
>
> Questions and feedback welcome.
> Tim
>
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