[Incubator] [otb-developers] Re: OTB gouvernance
Landon Blake
sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com
Sun Dec 13 20:36:21 PST 2015
Thanks for your help again Manuel. I agree that some of these licensing
issues are above my head. I will mark the OSGeo branding issue as complete.
I'll try to put together an e-mail of the licensing issues this week, after
I more carefully review the e-mail you sent.
Thanks!
Landon
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Manuel GRIZONNET <manuel.grizonnet at cnes.fr>
wrote:
> Hi Landon,
>
> There is already OSGEO branding on OTB website (
> https://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/community/), I think that it can be marked
> as done (item 1).
>
> Concerning the code provenance, I've started to update the wiki page(
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OTB_Code_Provenance_Review). I agree that
> we're close the complete the process.
>
> As mention in the wiki:
>
> - there were in the past analysis of source code repo commissioned by CNES
> to Black Duck software. I don't think I can make it public, I can perhaps
> ask the authorization to send you personally. I list conclusions in the
> wiki. There were not outstanding issues which pop-up.
> - There is also a work in progress code review in the frame of the
> modification of the OTB license. I can also not make it public (emails,
> contract information related to some contributions...). I can send you a
> personal link.
>
> We're making progress but I don't think we'll be able to complete the
> updated code review for December (we're not checking here free libraries
> included but contributions compatibility to change the licence to Apache).
>
> I don't think that this updated code review should be mandatory for the
> osgeo incubation (since code review in 2011 most integrated third libraries
> were removed from otb source tree).
>
> The only point is the fact that OTB include the free software 6S which
> does not mention any licence. OTB was recently added to DebianGIS repo and
> there were discussions on how to handle this (see
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-gis/2015/09/msg00005.html).
>
> Things could be improved regarding the integration of 6S in OTB and
> license compatibility but there was no blocking issue regarding code
> provenance and copyright info IMHO (we make adjustements regarding
> copyrights listing following advises of debain packagers).
>
> Let me know how we can continue the process, thanks again Landon for your
> help.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Manuel
>
>
>
> Le 28/11/2015 22:52, Landon Blake a écrit :
>
>> I want to commend you guys on the progress you've made in the incubation
>> process. I've updated your incubation status page on the OSGeo wiki to
>> note the following:
>>
>> 1) A project steering committee is now in place and making decisions.
>> 2) Project documentation has been updated to reflect membership in OSGeo.
>>
>> Here are the next couple of items we need to work on:
>>
>> 1) OSGeo branding of the OTB web site.
>> 2) Code Provenance Review
>>
>> You asked about suggestions on how to add the OSGeo brand to the OTB web
>> site. I'd suggest you add a couple of sentences about OSGeo membership
>> to the bottom of the main paragraph here:
>> https://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/
>>
>> Or you could add an "About" page and talk about the project's membership
>> in OSGeo there.
>>
>
>
>
>
>> I know the Code Provenance Review can be overwhelming. Could we start by
>> getting a list of current code contributors and a list of the libraries
>> that are being used by the software?
>>
>> We can list those items here:
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OTB_Code_Provenance_Review
>>
>> Any chance we can set a goal to have this done by the end of the day on
>> Friday, December 11th?
>>
>> If there are other ways I can help, please let me know. You guys are so
>> close to being finished!
>>
>> Landon
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 2:13 AM, Manuel Grizonnet
>> <manuel.grizonnet at cnes.fr <mailto:manuel.grizonnet at cnes.fr>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Landon,
>>
>> I have updated the OTB Software guide document to reflect the
>> membership in the OSGeo:
>>
>>
>> https://git.orfeo-toolbox.org/otb-documents.git/commitdiff/2d2d713b7de126efb10e752a31b58a5ed6d5dd4a
>>
>> It corresponds to the item 3 of the incubation application which can
>> now be marked as done.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Manuel
>>
>> Le 27/11/2015 07:07, Landon Blake a écrit :
>>
>> Julien:
>>
>> I got the response this time. I'm not sure why I missed your
>> earlier
>> response and I apologize. I will look over your responses in
>> more detail
>> tomorrow, to see if there are things I can help with.
>>
>> Landon
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 2:44 AM, Julien Michel
>> <julien.michel at cnes.fr <mailto:julien.michel at cnes.fr>
>> <mailto:julien.michel at cnes.fr <mailto:julien.michel at cnes.fr>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Landon,
>>
>> There must be some kind of technical issue with the emails,
>> because
>> according to otb-developers history, I already answered
>> twice to
>> this message :
>>
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/otb-developers/OTB$20gouvernance/otb-developers/s5kNy7M67Y8
>>
>> Can you aknowledge that you received this reply ?
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Julien
>>
>>
>> Le 14/11/2015 17:36, Landon Blake a écrit :
>>
>> Bump...
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Landon Blake
>> <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com
>> <mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com
>> <mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> Bump. Any response from the OTB Team from my last
>> e-mail? I'd
>> love to push you guys the rest of the way through the
>> incubation process.
>>
>> Landon
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Landon Blake
>> <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com
>> <mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com
>>
>> <mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> Trying to get back in the game again. :]
>>
>> I reviewed the incubation status tonight. I
>> updated your
>> application to indicate that a PSC has been
>> formed. Here
>> are some other items we can button up next:
>>
>> 1) Contributor guidelines. These are mentioned
>> briefly on
>> the PSC wiki page, but not fleshed out. Are
>> they somewhere
>> else? If not, can we work on fleshing them out?
>> 2) Have we updated the project documents to
>> reflect
>> membership in the OSGeo? (This is an item we
>> tabled
>> previously.)
>> 3) Have we updated the project website to reflect
>> membership in the OSGeo?
>>
>> Then we need to work on the code provenance
>> review. That
>> should be the last step or close to the last
>> step.
>>
>> Let me know what you think about the items
>> listed. I
>> appreciate your patience with my efforts as a
>> mentor.
>>
>> Landon
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Landon Blake
>> <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com
>> <mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com
>> <mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Manuel. I need to check in on our
>> current
>> position in the incubation process. I will
>> try to do
>> this in the next couple of days and will
>> close the
>> loop with you.
>>
>> Landon
>>
>> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 5:04 AM, Manuel
>> Grizonnet
>> <manuel.grizonnet at cnes.fr
>> <mailto:manuel.grizonnet at cnes.fr>
>> <mailto:manuel.grizonnet at cnes.fr
>>
>> <mailto:manuel.grizonnet at cnes.fr>>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Landon,
>>
>> sorry for the late answer.
>>
>> regarding the gouvernance I think that
>> it is
>> working fine.
>>
>> The official PSC have been created:
>>
>>
>> http://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Project_Steering_Committee
>>
>> Decisions are now taken through a
>> standard
>> procedure, discuss on the mailing list
>> and listed
>> on OTB wiki:
>>
>>
>> http://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Summary_of_PSC_Decisions
>>
>> I think that more people will join soon
>> the PSC.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Manuel
>>
>>
>> On 01/04/2015 05:16, Landon Blake wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the update Manuel. Do
>> you guys need
>> any help, or do you feel like you
>> are making good
>> progress?
>>
>> Landon
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 8:11 AM,
>> Grizonnet Manuel
>> <Manuel.Grizonnet at cnes.fr
>> <mailto:Manuel.Grizonnet at cnes.fr>
>> <mailto:Manuel.Grizonnet at cnes.fr
>>
>> <mailto:Manuel.Grizonnet at cnes.fr>>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Landon,
>> FYI if you missed that, we’ve
>> just made an
>> announcement yesterday
>> regarding the creation
>> of an official PSC for OTB (new
>> step for OTB
>> incubation)
>>
>> _https://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/steer-me-please/_
>> It was a long time that we
>> wanted to do it
>> but we’ve got to take time to
>> clearly explain
>> the strategy and how it works
>> to the CNES.
>> Now there is a bootstrap for
>> the PSC with
>> CNES people involved in the
>> project and we’re
>> going now to invite and collect
>> applications
>> for new members and initiate
>> PSC activities.
>> PSC roles and scope is mostly
>> based on our
>> felling about what should be
>> the OTB PSC
>> organization and is also based
>> on existing
>> PSC in OSGEO like GDAL, QGIS…
>> Don’t hesitate if you’ve got
>> any questions.
>> Best regards,
>> Manuel
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>>
>>
>>
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