[Incubator] Motion: Recommend gvSIG for Incubation

Arnulf Christl arnulf.christl at wheregroup.com
Thu Jul 12 18:40:55 EDT 2007 

+1, a great addition, bienvenidos

On Thu, July 12, 2007 19:04, Steve Lime wrote:
> +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,
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