[OSGeo-Discuss] 5 Star OSGeo project maturity rating

[Cameron Shorter]

Dave,
I'm hoping most projects are represented on this discuss list.

However, I'll also be contacting all our OSGeo Live project contact 
people in the next couple of days as we kick off the OSGeo Live build 
process. I'll make sure that each project can comment on the "Project 
Overview" which includes the project rating criteria.

On 11/06/10 06:52, Dave McIlhagga wrote:
> One suggestion - since there is a lot of concern about the idea of 
> "rating" projects, maybe the PSCs of each of the projects should be 
> consulted before going ahead with this? After all -- it's for each of 
> these projects' benefits that this is being considered, and if the 
> various PSC consensus is this is not a good idea .. it should probably 
> carry a lot of weight.
>
> Dave
>
> Dave McIlhagga
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> On 2010-06-10, at 4:44 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>
>> On 11/06/10 01:59, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
>>> (Along those lines, I'd also ask precisely what "ready to start" incubation means...)
>>
>> "Ready to start incubation" implies that projects that have applied 
>> for, or are mature enough to apply, can be ranked at the same level 
>> as projects in incubation.
>>
>> I propose we use OSGeo's criteria for selecting incubation candidates 
>> here:
>> http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/evaluation.html
>>
>> (At some point we should revisit OSGeo's checklists, but lets leave 
>> that for another email thread and for the moment we use what we have).
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Cameron Shorter
>>      
>>
>>
>>     Criteria
>>
>>    1. The code is under an OSI approved license (data & doc projects
>>       need to specify their choice for a type of license).
>>    2. The project is willing to keep code clear of encumbrances
>>    3. The project is "geospatial", or directly in support of
>>       geospatial applications.
>>
>>
>>     Desirable
>>
>> The following are desirable traits of projects entering into the 
>> community:
>>
>>    1. Open source software is already reasonably mature (working
>>       quality code).
>>    2. Project already has a substantial user community.
>>    3. Project already has a substantial and diverse developer community.
>>    4. Project members are aware of, and implements support for,
>>       relevant standards (ie. OGC, etc).
>>    5. Project has linkages with existing foundation projects.
>>    6. Project fills a gap related to software that the foundation
>>       supports.
>>    7. Project is prepared to develop in an open and collaborative
>>       fashion.
>>    8. Project has contributions and interest from more than just one
>>       company/organization.
>>    9. Project is willing to migrate some or all of its infrastructure
>>       (code repository, web site, wiki, mailing list, etc) to
>>       foundation support infrastructure, and to adopt a website style
>>       consistent with the foundation.
>>
>> Geospatial Director
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>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>
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Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
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