[OSGeo-Discuss] Supporting new projects

[Cameron Shorter]

Yes,
There should be clear separation to the casual visitor between Endorsed, 
Quality OSGeo projects and Labs.

Bruce.Bannerman at dpi.vic.gov.au wrote:
>
> IMO:
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>
> I'd caution against watering down the OSGeo 'brand' as a source of 
> 'quality' products, particularly if we want the products accepted as a 
> viable alternative within larger organisations.
>
> While it is good to provide pointers to projects of interest, there 
> needs to be a clear separation of what is an OSGeo project and what is 
> not. I think that it is acceptable to have certain hurdles that a 
> project has to pass in order to be accepted into the OSGeo fold.
>
> From memory, the structure of OSGeo has been based on the Apache 
> Foundation. This approach has worked well for that community. I 
> wouldn't like to see the approach watered down for OSGeo.
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
> discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org wrote on 03/10/2007 06:35:22 AM:
>
> > I'm +1 for OSGeo Labs. It would be a good holding place for projects
> > waiting to go into incubation and for new projects to meet and
> > collaborate with each other.
> >
> > The key elements of OSGeo Labs are:
> > 1. Labs draws minimal overhead from the OSGeo community. Ie, provide
> > hosting, but not mentoring.
> > 2. There is an entrance criteria list for OSGeo Labs which ensures that
> > the project has a goal of becoming an incubation OSGeo project and
> > therefore should be Open Source, Geospatial, etc.
> > 3. The decision for accepting a project into Labs should be 
> delegated to
> > a committee (which should be one person but could be more). Aim is to
> > keep the management overhead low.
> > 4. OSGeo Board reserves the right to remove projects from Labs if the
> > project dies or is not following OSGeo values.
> >
> > I suggest that OSGeo Incubation Committee hold a meeting to vote on 
> this.
> > Do we have a volunteer to draft the first version of "Entrance Criteria
> > and Guidelines for OSGeo Labs"? You should be able to draw a lot from
> > the Incubation process.
> >
>
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