[GRASS-PSC] Open issues regarding OSGeo Incubation

[Helena Mitasova]

On Mar 8, 2007, at 11:29 PM, Paul Kelly wrote:

> Hello Arnulf
> (Thanks for giving this a kick...)
>
> On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Arnulf Christl wrote:
>
> [...]
>> These are the open issues:
>>
>> 1)
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/ 
>> GRASS_Incubation_Progress#Community_Functioning
>> * "See RFC1 for a proposal.
>> * "Acceptance pending"
>>
>> Could you please consider voting for RFC1 in a regular meeting or  
>> pick up
>> the discussion so that we can get through with this?
>
> I strongly feel that RFC1 as it currently exists in the CVS is not  
> workable as a guidance document for the GRASS PSC, for reasons  
> related to the composition of the GRASS PSC and the current  
> decision-making process for GRASS development as I have previously  
> posted to this list.
> Hence I have already proposed a re-write of RFC1:
> http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass-psc/2006-December/000168.html
>
> Scott Mitchell proposed some changes that I am happy to go along with:
> http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass-psc/2006-December/000170.html
>
> Apart from that no other PSC members have provided feedback. I  
> could interpret that as a positive sign, but that would be  
> incredibly presumptuous on my part - thus I still await feedback.  
> FWIW I would definitely *not* support adoption of RFC1 in its  
> current form.

I believe that Paul's rewrite had broad support so unless there are  
any objections
I suggest that you upload your version with Scott's modification and  
anything
else that may be missing as the new RFC1 that we can have up for
a discussion for a week or so and then let us set a date for vote - I  
suggest March 21.
Everybody may like Paul's version as is, so there may be no need for  
a lot of discussion,
but let us give ourselves some time to read it and think about it.

Arnulf thanks for your assistance and you may need to keep an eye on  
us so that we don't
forget about the vote while we are busy improving GRASS,

Helena

>
> Paul
>
>
>>
>> 2)
>> Question: "Have project documents been updated to reflect  
>> membership in
>> the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the  
>> foundation? "
>>
>> Answer: "Partially. This will occur once the GRASS Community  
>> approves the
>> incubation."
>>
>> I will remove that answer and replace it with a clear Yes. If you  
>> don't
>> mind. Well, its a Wiki, so I already did that.
>>
>> 3)
>> There are 148 files as of 3/2007 left without reference to  
>> "General Public
>> License". Markus is already working on them. He will probably not  
>> need any
>> help from you.
>>
>> When these issues are resolved I would like to propose GRASS for  
>> graduation.
>>
>> If you have any qualms with this process, OSGeo, me or any  
>> combination
>> thereof, feel free to contact me.
>>
>> I will report this to the OSGeo Incubation Committee now.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Arnulf.
>>
>> -- 
>> Arnulf Christl
>> http://www.wheregroup.com
>>
>> [1] this is actually a reverence to the straight history of GRASS
>>
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