[Incubator] MOTION: GeoNode Graduation from OSGeo Incubation

Arnulf Christl arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net
Thu Aug 25 08:47:12 PDT 2016


+1 Arnulf

Thanks and congratulations on the good work.


On 25.08.2016 17:28, David William Bitner wrote:
> Dear Incubation Committee,
> 
> As the mentor for GeoNode Incubation, I would like to make a motion to
> graduate GeoNode from the OSGeo incubation process with Jeff Johnson to
> act as the Project Officer.
> 
> You will find the Incubation Checklist at:
> 
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoNode_Incubation_Checklist
> 
> During the incubation process much work has been done to solidify the
> intellectual property behind GeoNode. 
> 
>   * copyright was transferred from the now dissolved OpenPlans
>   * a Contributor License Agreement has been adopted and a process
>     created to collect from all contributors
>   * all files have been checked for headers
>   * the release process documentation has been shored up
> 
> GeoNode has a tremendous "bus quotient" as there are core developers
> distributed globally. Many of the institutional direct users have
> developed strong expertise in GeoNode along with many companies that
> have developed support programs built around GeoNode. There is no single
> point of failure for this project. 
> 
> The GeoNode has managed to work in the open from inception in a way that
> has enabled enormous amounts of collaboration both between institutions
> using GeoNode and companies/individuals providing support for GeoNode.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David
> 
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