[Incubator] Application to add PROJ-JNI as an OSGeo Community Project

Mon Jun 28 16:59:35 PDT 2021

So to wrap this up from your initial email:

- [X] Be geospatial
   - [X] Confirm by checking README or project description:
https://github.com/Kortforsyningen/PROJ-JNI/blob/master/README.md
   - [x] project page on the osgeo website:
https://www.osgeo.org/projects/proj-jni/
   - [x] We ask projects to have some user documentation:
https://kortforsyningen.github.io/PROJ-JNI/org/kortforsyningen/proj/package-summary.html

- [X] Have a free license or an open source license. (MIT,
https://github.com/Kortforsyningen/PROJ-JNI/blob/master/LICENSE)
   - [X] The license must be OSI approved (MIT)
   - [X] We ask that the project team check the file headers and double
check the license has been appropriately applied (it appears on all code
files)
- [X] Welcome participation and new contributors (certainly looking for
contributors and participation, which is part of why we seek to be a
community project!)
   - [X] We look for a clear contribution policy:
https://github.com/Kortforsyningen/PROJ-JNI/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
   - [X] We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a
history of bug report or pull requests (github)
   - [X] Projects are required to have a code of conduct (contributor
covenant,
https://github.com/Kortforsyningen/PROJ-JNI/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)

WIth that I am happy to make the motion and will do so in a separate email
thread.
--
Jody Garnett

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 16:49, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Will:
>
> That looks great, you combined so many ideas and the result is clear to
> read :)
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 at 03:04, Will Cohen <wwcohen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all, the repository now has a CONTRIBUTING file (largely aligned
>> with PROJ though I did like that framing from QGIS). The public domain
>> example also is switched to MIT.
>>
>> Will
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 4:01 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Wow sorry, some email program made that text white on white and thus
>>> very hard to read:
>>>
>>> * I like the GeoNode one (CONTRIBUTING.md
>>>> <https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>)
>>>> which provides the ability for small documentation fixes without a lot of
>>>> bother.
>>>> * One like GDAL (CONTRIBUTING.md
>>>> <https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>) get into
>>>> the mechanics of how to contribute with git and do not really meet the goal
>>>> here of reminding folks that **open source happens when you contribute
>>>> some code**
>>>> * Even the QGIS (CONTRIBUTING.md) one gets the point in a single
>>>> sentence: *QGIS is an open source project and we appreciate
>>>> contributions very much.* Although they link to their Due Diligence
>>>> section which is good: *QGIS is licensed under the GPL. You should
>>>> make every effort to ensure you only submit patches which are unencumbered
>>>> by conflicting intellectual property rights. Also do not submit code that
>>>> you are not happy to have made available under the GPL.*
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 at 07:43, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tom,
>>>>
>>>> Just be clear, I only care about the CONTRIBUTING.md file, even just a
>>>> short statement is fine:
>>>>
>>>> * I like the GeoNode one (
>>>> https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) which
>>>> provides the ability for small documentation fixes without a lot of bother.
>>>>
>>>> * One like GDAL (
>>>> https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) get into
>>>> the mechanics of how to contribute with git and do not really meet the goal
>>>> here of reminding folks that *open source happens when you contribute some
>>>> code*
>>>>
>>>> * Even the QGIS (
>>>> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) one
>>>> gets the point in a single sentence: *QGIS is an open source project
>>>> and we appreciate contributions very much. *Although they link to
>>>> their Due Diligence section which is good: *QGIS is licensed under the
>>>> GPL. You should make every effort to ensure you only submit patches which
>>>> are unencumbered by conflicting intellectual property rights. Also do not
>>>> submit code that you are not happy to have made available under the GPL.*
>>>>
>>>> As for the use of public domain on one example file (which is basically
>>>> documentation and not functional code) is just something I noticed that is
>>>> not important (because people do not run it, only read it), and it is clear
>>>> what you are trying to do etc…
>>>>
>>>> Let me know when you have a CONTRIBUTING.md file and I will be happy to
>>>> put forward a nomination. We are a little late to get a motion passed in
>>>> time for the OSGeo board June meeting; but we should be able to get this
>>>> done for July (allowing the project to enjoy an announcement in time for
>>>> FOSS4G).
>>>>
>>>> Once again  thanks for taking part in OSGeo, we do appreciate the time
>>>> spent  now on the open source work - it is what we are here to promote.
>>>>
>>>> Jody
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 2:05 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Even,
>>>>>
>>>>> With respect to TransformPoints.java, I am not that worried as it is
>>>>> an example and not part of the executable that is being distributed (I was
>>>>> trying to be careful and double check that you in fact checked the headers).
>>>>>
>>>>> About CC0 - that is good research, checking OSI (which OSGeo tries to
>>>>> follow) the advise against use of CC0 for code:
>>>>> https://opensource.org/faq#cc-zero
>>>>>
>>>>> Aside: The geotools project which I work on also has our code examples
>>>>> in the "public domain" as that was the best practice at the time.
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 at 10:43, Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - I did see your TransformPoints.java example is "public domain" (so
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> strictly open source, but we can consider it documentation eh?)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://opensource.org/node/878 suggests to use CC0
>>>>>> (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) instead of
>>>>>> public
>>>>>> domain to get the same effect while being open source.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.spatialys.com
>>>>>> My software is free, but my time generally not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>> --
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>> Incubator mailing list
>> Incubator at lists.osgeo.org
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/attachments/20210628/7707cde1/attachment-0001.html>