[Incubator] Wake up call

[Markus Neteler]

On 5/10/07, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) <arnulf.christl at wheregroup.com> wrote:
...
> PS:
> It would be nice to get something out of being a graduated project.
> Currently it does not really pay off to go through all the trouble, so if
> anybody has a good reason for why I am doing this please be so kind to
> tell me.

I agree that this should be worked out a bit more (Arnulf and me were
phoning about this and GRASS progress [1] yesterday evening).

<innocent user hat on>
Obviously we want to generate a win-win situation, but this should be
clearly stated so. The incentives of becoming a graduated project
should be stated, best done in a preface at
 http://www.osgeo.org/incubator
To that page a motivation should be added.

From
http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/principles.html
I can see why the projects should to for OSGeo (to become a
graduated project) - but what is OSGeo offering?
</innocent user hat on>

Yes, we know the answers but we should also communicate them.

Best,
Markus

[1] We, GRASS, are close to complete the mission of code vetting and
     adding missing copyright statements:
     http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/GRASS_Incubation_Progress