[Incubator] Application to host Open Source Project "actinia" under the umbrella of OSGeo

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Jody,

I'll take care of the issues pointed out below in a timely manner.

Best
Markus



Am 13. Februar 2019 00:49:26 MEZ schrieb Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>:
>I have just sent the motion off to the email list, in checking files I
>had
>a couple questions:
>
>1) Scripts (
>https://github.com/mundialis/actinia_core/blob/master/scripts/ace_test.sh)
>do not contain a header, do you care? You can argue that they do not
>represent shippable code and thus do not need to be marked as
>opensource,
>but that is up to the project team to consider ... it may just be an
>oversight?
>2) File (
>https://github.com/mundialis/actinia_core/blob/master/scripts/exporter/exporter.py)
>show a header with "(C) 2018-2018 by the GRASS Development Team" - can
>someone confirm that GRASS Development Team is a legal entity? I just
>ask
>because we got in trouble with geotools incubation because "GeoTools
>PMC
>Committee" was not a legal entity and could not hold a copyright. If
>GRASS
>Development Team has been set up as an organization all is fine, if not
>perhaps consider contacting contributors with a CLA
><https://www.osgeo.org/about/licenses/> to donate the code to OSGeo?
>
>Aside: *Checking GRASS codebase
>(https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/trunk/raster/r.in.ascii/main.c
><https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/trunk/raster/r.in.ascii/main.c>)
>shows
>this same "GRASS Development Team", so perhaps this is a larger
>question
>then just this single project? It is entirely possible that GRASS
>graduated
>and we have since learned how to do better ....*
>--
>Jody Garnett
>
>
>On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 at 00:06, Till Adams <tadams at terrestris.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jody,
>>
>> great! I thought about asking, what happens next, but you've been
>faster.
>>
>> Till
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *Von: *"Jody Garnett" <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> *An: *"Markus Neteler" <neteler at mundialis.de>
>> *CC: *"Till Adams" <adams at mundialis.de>, "OSGeo-incubator" <
>> incubator at lists.osgeo.org>, "Sören Gebbert"
><soerengebbert at googlemail.com>
>> *Gesendet: *Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2019 19:50:09
>> *Betreff: *Re: [Incubator] Application to host Open Source Project
>> "actinia" under the umbrella of OSGeo
>>
>> Just to double back to this, the only question I had has been
>addressed, I
>> think we are ready to make a motion :)
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 at 13:45, Markus Neteler <neteler at mundialis.de>
>wrote:
>>
>>> Good point!
>>>
>>> I have removed "foundation" from the text (it was a leftover) and
>put
>>> "project steering committee" there.
>>>
>>> Hope it is now all clear.
>>>
>>> Markus
>>>
>>> On 12/4/18 7:59 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>
>>> Excellent, next up we make a motion for the committee to vote.
>>>
>>> Looking over your contributing.md file - it is a good read and does
>a
>>> nice job explaining that the contributor (or their employer) needs
>to be
>>> aware they are contributing code that will be distributed as open
>source :)
>>>
>>> There was one phrase:
>>>
>>> *> Existing copyright headers and license text should never be
>stripped
>>> from a file. If a copyright holder wishes to give up copyright they
>must do
>>> so in writing to the foundation before copyright messages are
>removed. If
>>> license terms are changed it has to be by agreement (written in
>email is
>>> ok) of the copyright holders.*
>>>
>>> Are you referencing the OSGeo "the foundation" above? If so do you
>use
>>> the osgeo licenses <https://www.osgeo.org/about/licenses/>
>(basically
>>> apache contributors license)?
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>>
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Dr. Markus Neteler
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Tel. +49 (0)228 - 387 580 80
Fax. +49 (0)228 - 962 899 57

email: neteler at mundialis.de
Web: https://www.mundialis.de

Amtsgericht Bonn, HRA 8528 Komplementärin: mundialis Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
vertreten durch:
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