[Incubator] Suggestion that MapCentia GC2/Vidi should be an OSGeo Community Project

[Martin Høgh]

For the record. Forgot to Cc the list.

On 24/10/2018 6:40 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> So like this:
>
> /*
>  * @author     Alexander Shumilov
>  * @copyright  2013-2018 MapCentia ApS
>  * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/#AGPL  GNU AFFERO GENERAL 
> PUBLIC LICENSE 3
>  */
>
> This is more a chance for us to ask if you have thought about headers 
> (for many projects it is a quick "of course" but sometimes it can be a 
> real challenge)
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 08:40, Martin Høgh <mh at mapcentia.com 
> <mailto:mh at mapcentia.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thank you.
>
>     About #2. Every source file has a header like this:
>     https://github.com/mapcentia/vidi/blob/master/browser/modules/layerTree/LayerFilter.js
>
>     There are source files from third-party developers included (like
>     Leafletjs, Openlayers and JQuery) but all have a open source
>     license compatible with the AGPL, which is used by us.
>
>     On 24/10/2018 4:43 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>     Sounds great, and welcome to OSGeo. I trust you have found the
>>     "checklist" we use
>>     https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/
>>
>>     1. geospatial
>>     README of both repositories has this covered.
>>
>>     2. open source license, with source code check of headers
>>     LICENSE of both repositories has this covered
>>     Can I ask if you have checked the headers?
>>
>>     3. accepts contributions
>>     CONTRIBUTING of both projects has this covered (and loved seeing
>>     code of conduct here what a great idea)
>>
>>     --
>>     Jody Garnett
>>
>>
>>     On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 06:40, Martin Høgh <mh at mapcentia.com
>>     <mailto:mh at mapcentia.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi Incubator List,
>>
>>         We at MapCentia has been building an open source project called
>>         MapCentia GC2. Which is actual two projects:
>>
>>         GC2 - Combines PostGIS, MapServer, QGIS Server, MapCache,
>>         Elasticsearch,
>>         Ogr2ogr and more into one easy-to-use web application.
>>
>>         Vidi - A modern take on web GIS. It is the front-end for GC2.
>>
>>         We think that the project is so good, that more people should
>>         benefit
>>         from it. So we suggest that MapCentia GC2/Vidi should be an
>>         OSGeo
>>         Community Project.
>>
>>         A more selfish reason for joining OSGeo is, that we would
>>         like to
>>         involve more people in the development. And we think becoming
>>         an OSGeo
>>         Community Project could help us with that.
>>
>>         The MapCentia project is today used by municipalities,
>>         engineering
>>         firms, museums among many others.
>>
>>         Home pages:
>>
>>         https://github.com/mapcentia/geocloud2
>>
>>         https://github.com/mapcentia/vidi
>>
>>         License: GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
>>
>>         Best regards.
>>
>>         Martin Høgh
>>         MapCentia ApS
>>
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>     -- 
>     Martin Høgh
>     MapCentia ApS
>
-- 
Martin Høgh
MapCentia ApS

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