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

Tue Feb 12 23:49:38 PST 2019

Excellent, happy to talk to the GRASS team if needed.
--
Jody Garnett

On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 22:51, Markus Neteler <neteler at mundialis.de> wrote:

> 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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> mundialis GmbH & Co. KG
> Kölnstraße 99, 53111 Bonn, Germany
>
> Tel. +49 (0)228 - 387 580 80
> Fax. +49 (0)228 - 962 899 57
>
> email: neteler at mundialis.de
> Web: https://www.mundialis.de
>
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> Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
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>
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