[Incubator] Updating materials and communication

[Jody Garnett]

 Greg,

You have the correct read of things, the standards for "Community projects"
are intentionally lower than "osgeo projects" which are ready to operate as
an OSGeo committee (and are truly broad etc..).

I understand the intent with "community projects" - seeking to cast a wider
net and include more folks in the OGeo tent. I also respect that you are
personally uncomfortable with how broad a reach is being sought.

As an example I personally respect "benevolent dictator" as a valid choice;
but would never wish to join such a project (or even worse lead such a
project).

So if you uncomfortable with "is a company controlling direction" or a
"CLA" you have different personal hesitations; but can I hope respect what
OSGeo is trying to accomplish.

The board is setting the policy, we are trying to implement here in the
incubation committee.
--
Jody Garnett

Aside: I love working with companies, it is a very challenging advocacy and
outreach opportunity. I used to wear a suit one day of each foss4g
conference in order to chat with such folks and provide context for what
was going on!

On Oct 16, 2023 at 10:47:37 AM, Greg Troxel via Incubator <
incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Looking at:
>
>  https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/
>
>
> The website rules seem ok.
>
> The community rules seem mostly ok.  I am concerned that we won't really
> interpret "accepts contributions, review and acceptance of
> contributions" correctly.  There are issues lurking here:
>
>  - is a company controlling direction?
>
>  - is there a CLA that grants rights to an entity (other than a bona
>    fide charity that is legally obligated to act in the public interest?)
>
> I would suggest that the community rules preclude either situation.
>
>
> Under "OSGeo Project", I would want to make sure we only bless things
> that are truly broad efforts, without any particular company having a
> controlling interest.
>
>
> Overall these are pretty minor suggestions, and can be resolved with
> small edits.  But given "lower standards", it's hard to tell if that's
> how others will see it.
>
>
>
>
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