[Incubator] Application for Community Project Status for the mappyfile project

[Jody Garnett]

Very quickly, thanks for your email!

We want to make sure you have checked you have the permission to distribute
each file (either wrote it yourself or a contributor agreed to make it open
source). We have found in our research that having a copyright header is
not a legal requirement, but it is a smart thing to do socially (for folks
that discover your code via searching).

Your project page is one of the best first attempts we have seen here, some
feedback:
- please make sure that your logo is placed on a white background (the
sample image size is here
<https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/template_tile.png>). Without this
it looks bad when displayed in a list or at the top of the page on a green
background.
- your diagram is very interesting, but I am not sure if it is a screen
snap or not? We have a border here
<https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/photos> to provide a
laptop frame
- you have a link to Facebook, but it does not go anywhere (but perhaps
that is an issue with the preview)

--
Jody Garnett


On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 at 00:11, Seth G <sethg at geographika.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to apply for OSGeo Community Project status for the mappyfile
> project. mappyfile is a Python library to create, parse, modify, and format
> MapServer Mapfiles.
>
> It has been around for 3 years, with continuous development and
> contributions, and is used as a library in several public projects (see
> [1]), and many more non-public projects. It was first presented at
> FOSS4G-Europe (Paris) in 2017 (see slides at [2]). I've gone through the
> criteria listed on the OSGeo site [3] and added links and details below:
>
> - Be geospatial
>
>   - mappyfile is a Python parser for working with MapServer MapFiles
>   - User docs at https://mappyfile.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
>   - ReadMe at
> https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/README.rst
>   - Is included in OSGeoLive (see [4])
>   - Is included in ubuntugis-stable (package archive) [5]
>   - I've created a draft project page on https://www.osgeo.org/ - see [6]
>
> - Have a free licence or an open source licence
>
>   - Uses the MIT Licence:
> https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/LICENSE
>   - I'm unsure if each individual .py file requires a copyright header
>
> - Welcome participation and new contributors.
>
>   - Has a small community of contributors see:
> https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/graphs/contributors
>   - Has a contribution policy:
> https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
>   - Has a code of conduct:
> https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md
>
> I'm happy to answer any questions on the project, and please let me know
> what other criteria need to be met to apply for community project status
> (as noted above I'm unsure if each individual file requires a copyright
> header).
>
> Regards,
>
> Seth
>
> [1] https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/network/dependents
> [2]
> https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/docs/_static/foss4ge2017_mappyfile_sgirvin.pdf
> [3]
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects#Qualifying_As_An_OSGeo_Community_Project
> [4]
> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/commit/2df427d7744fc2adc0e9889af7a8f6c80dd9c11b
> [5] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
> [6] https://www.osgeo.org/?post_type=project&p=12880&preview=true
>
>
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