[Incubator] Motion: Recommend gvSIG for Incubation

[Steve Lime]

+1, a great addition...

>>> On 7/10/2007 at 9:54 AM, in message <46939D94.6030305 at pobox.com>,
Frank
Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> Incubation Committee Members,
> 
> I motion that the gvSIG project be recommended to the OSGeo board
for
> entrance into incubation with Gabriel Carrión as project
representative
> and Jeroen Ticheler as mentor.
> 
> ----
> 
> I would like to close voting on this motion Tuesday July 17th.  This
> should give time for some discussion before folks need to commit to
a
> position.
> 
> Please keep in mind that today we agree to limit ourselves to ten
projects
> in incubation at a time.  We currently have nine projects in
incubation.
> The criteria for project evaluation for entrance into incubation can
be
> found at:
> 
>     http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/evaluation.html 
> 
> The gvSIG team submitted this application:
> 
>    Dear OSGeo Incubator Committee members,
> 
>        On behalf of the gvSIG Project Team, we are glad to request
entry
> for our project in the OSGeo Incubator, as a previous step to become
one
> day an official OSGeo Project.
> 
>        It's been some time since we wanted to start this process and
> strengthen our links to OSGeo. The gvSIG Project is right now
embarking
> on a process to restructure its governance and development
mechanisms,
> providing a framework for a more collaborative and open community,
and
> we hope that OSGeo can offer us references and support in some of
the
> issues we will be facing. We believe that in return the OSGeo
community
> will also benefit from a closer participation of gvSIG developers and
users.
> 
>        We look forward to working with the designated Mentor in
moving
> forward through the incubation process. Please contact us for any
> questions or further information requests.
> 
>        Best regards,
> 
>           The gvSIG Project Owners
> 
> 
> 
> *   1. Please provide the name and email address of the principal
> Project Owner.*
> 
> Gabriel Carrión: carrion_gab at gva.es 
> 
> *   2. Please provide the names and emails of co-project owners (if
any).*
> 
> Luis W. Sevilla: sevilla_lui at gva.es 
> 
> Salvador Bayarri: salvador.bayarri at iver.es 
> 
> Mike Gould: gould at lsi.uji.es 
> 
> *   3. Please provide the names, emails and entity affiliation of
all
> official committers*
> 
> Luis W. Sevilla:   sevilla_lui at gva.es   CIT (Ministry Infrastructure
&amp;
> Transport)
> 
> Salvador Bayarri:   salvador.bayarri at iver.es   IVER company
> 
> Joaquín del Cerro:   joaquin.delcerro at iver.es   IVER company
> 
> Fran Peñarrubia:   fran.penarrubia at iver.es   IVER company
> 
> Miguel Montesinos:   mmontesinos at prodevelop.es   ProDevelop company
> 
> *   4. Please describe your Project.*
> 
> gvSIG is a project mainly sponsored by the Regional Ministry of
> Infrastructure and Transport of Valencia, Spain. It is aimed at
> developing a comprehensive desktop GIS solution that easily
integrates
> services provided by Spatial Data Infrastructures as well as regular
> sources of geospatial data. More information can be found at the
project
> web site (www.gvsig.org = www.gvsig.gva.es).
> 
> gvSIG is now widely used in many administrations, public and private
> organizations in Spain, Latin America and elsewhere. The project has
> been so far developed mostly in cooperation with local companies and
> universities, and it aims now at extending its base of developers and
users.
> 
> *   5. Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?*
> 
>      * The gvSIG project would like to extend its community of
> international developers and users, providing a more open platform
for
> collaboration. The adoption by OSGeo is expected to help us in doing
> that transition.
> 
>      * The gvSIG project would like to strengthen its ties to other
FOSS
> GIS projects.
> 
>      * The gvSIG project aims at maintaining a high degree of quality
and
> compliance with open standards and practices supported by
international
> organizations, as well as participating in the improvement of those
> standards and practices.
> 
> *   6. Type of application does this project represent(client,
server,
> standalone, library, etc.):*
> 
> A multiplatform, Java-based standalone desktop application.
> 
> *   7. Please describe any relationships to other open source
projects.*
> 
> gvSIG has working relationships with many FOSS projects. In the
> geospatial area:
> 
>      * MapServer, GeoServer, DeeGree, GeoNetwork. Since gvSIG
integrates
> services provided by these tools, direct contact has been
established
> with developers and representatives of these projects, which in many
> cases have resulted in fixes and improvements on both sides.
> 
>      * GeoTools, PostGIS. Results of these projects are used within
gvSIG
> and direct contact has been established with project developers and
> representatives to define common interests.
> 
> *   8. Please describe any relationships with commercial companies
or
> products.*
> 
> Recently, gvSIG has been adding support for commercial geospatial
web
> services and databases, adding drivers for ArcIMS (ESRI) Map and
Feature
> services, and support for Oracle Spatial databases and ArcSDE (ESRI)
> will be coming soon. However, no direct contact or agreement exists
with
> those companies.
> 
> *   9. Which open source license(s) will the source code be released
under?*
> 
> gvSIG is released under GNU Public License (GPL).
> 
> *  10. Is there already a beta or official release?*
> 
> Yes, gvSIG was first released on October 2004 and it is currently in
> version 1.0.2.
> 
> *  11. What is the origin of your project (commercial, experimental,
> thesis or other higher education, government, or some other
source)?*
> 
> It is government sponsored, originally within an open source
migration
> programme. It currently has strong commercial and educational
participation.
> 
> *  12. Does the project support open standards? Which ones and to
what
> extent? (OGC, w3c, ect.) Has the software been certified to any
standard
> (CITE for example)? If not, is it the intention of the project owners
to
> seek certification at some point?*
> 
> gvSIG wholeheartedly supports open standards, specifically:
> 
>      *  XML and related standards from W3C, in document persistence
and
> in all accesses to remote services.
> 
>      *  OGC standards, as web service client:
>            o  WMS (1.1.0 - 1.3.0)
>            o  WFS (1.0.0) + GML import/export (2.1.2) at 1.0
>            o  WCS (1.0.0)
>            o  Catalogue search (OGC CSW 2.0, IDEC)
>            o  Gazetteer search (WFS 1.0.0, WFS-G 0.9, ADL)
> 
>      * GML 2.X, as data import and export
> 
> *  13. Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control
the
> copyright?*
> 
> gvSIG is free of patents and trademarks, and the copyright is
controlled
> by the project owners.
> 
> *  14. How many people actively contribute (code, documentation,
other?)
> to the project at this time?*
> 
> Core coding: 40
> Documentation/testing: 10
> Admin, support, training: 12
> Other (collaborators, consultants) 5
> 
> *  15. How many people have commit access to the source code
repository?*
> 
> Currently, most developers, about 30. Access is restricted during
> stabilization phases.
> 
> *  16. Approximately how many users are currently using this
project?*
> 
> We directly know about 1,000 active users in public administrations
and
> about 200 users in universities. We estimate based on download
numbers
> and list activity about 18,000 active users overall.
> 
> *  17. What type of users does your project attract (government,
> commercial, hobby, academicknow research, etc. )?*
> 
> Mostly from government organizations and academic institutions (for
> education and research). Several companies are already providing
> customized versions and extensions used in different professional
contexts.
> 
> *  18. If you do not intend to host any portion of this project
using
> the OSGeo infrastructure, why should you be considered a member
project
> of the OSGeo Foundation?*
> 
> We would evaluate the options to use the OSGeo infrastructure,
however,
> our goals in joining OSGeo (see question 5) do not depend on the
actual
> hosting infrastructure.
> 
> *  19. Does the project include an automated build and test?*
> 
> It does include automatic build procedures and some automated tests.
We
> are currently actively extending the suite of automated tests.
> 
> *  20. What language(s) are used in this project? (C/Java/perl/etc)*
> 
> Java, with some JNI bridges to support C-based libraries like GDAL.
> 
> *  21. What is the dominant written language (i.e. English, French,
> Spanish, German, etc) of the core developers?*
> 
> Spanish, but a good number of them are proficient in English and some
in
> French.
> 
> *  22. What is the (estimated) size of a full release of this
project?
> How many users do you expect to download the project when it is
released?*
> 
> Estimated size: Full binaries, about 40 Mb; Documentation, about 8
Mb;
> Sources, including JNI, about 70 Mb.
> The number of downloads since release of version 1.0 is about
20,000.
> 
> Best regards,