[Incubator] motion: recommendation for osgeo community project initiative
Nick Bearman
nick at nickbearman.com
Thu May 14 07:13:10 PDT 2026
Hi all: declaring motion passed with the following votes:
- Angelos Tzotsos +1
- Arnulf Christl +1
- Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
- Brian M Hamlin
- Daniel Morissette +1
- Dimitris Kotzinos
- Frank Warmerdam
- Jo Cook
- Jody Garnett
- Michael Smith +1
- Nick Bearman +1
- Regina Obe +1
- Steve Lime
- Tom Kralidis +1
7 votes in favour.
I have now added qfield as an OSGeo Community Project on the website:
https://www.osgeo.org/projects/qfield/ and closed the gitea issue: #9
<https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/9>
Welcome to OSGeo QField!
Best wishes,
Nick.
On 08/05/2026 17:12, Tom Kralidis wrote:
> +1
>
> ..Tom
>
>
>
>> On May 7, 2026, at 07:08, Nick Bearman via Incubator
>> <incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> So far, just one more vote. Thanks Mike!
>>
>> current status: +6
>>
>> - Angelos Tzotsos +1
>> - Arnulf Christl +1
>> - Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
>> - Brian M Hamlin
>> - Daniel Morissette +1
>> - Dimitris Kotzinos
>> - Frank Warmerdam
>> - Jo Cook
>> - Jody Garnett
>> - Michael Smith +1
>> - Nick Bearman +1
>> - Regina Obe +1
>> - Steve Lime
>> - Tom Kralidis
>>
>> Happy to leave this open for another week (to 14th May).
>>
>> Please vote!
>>
>> As a reminder, Voting consists of +1 (approval), +0 (slight
>> agreement), -0 (slight disagreement), -1 (against).
>>
>> More details at
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Committee_Operation.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Nck.
>>
>> On 02/04/2026 13:45, Michael Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> +1 Mike
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Michael Smith
>>>
>>> RSGIS Center – ERDC CRREL NH
>>>
>>> US Army Corps
>>>
>>> *From: *Incubator <incubator-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of
>>> Nick Bearman via Incubator <incubator at lists.osgeo.org>
>>> *Reply-To: *Nick Bearman <nick at nickbearman.com>
>>> *Date: *Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 8:43 AM
>>> *To: *<incubator at lists.osgeo.org>
>>> *Subject: *Re: [Incubator] motion: qfield recommendation for osgeo
>>> community project initiative
>>>
>>> Hi all:
>>>
>>> Apologies, I made an administrative error with the previous motion,
>>> including votes for Michael, Steve and Tom which were actually for
>>> POLAR.
>>>
>>> So I will extend this this motion, I suggest by a week for Michael,
>>> Steve and Tom (and anyone else who wishes to) to vote.
>>>
>>> current status:
>>>
>>> - Angelos Tzotsos +1
>>> - Arnulf Christl +1
>>> - Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
>>> - Brian M Hamlin
>>> - Daniel Morissette +1
>>> - Dimitris Kotzinos
>>> - Frank Warmerdam
>>> - Jo Cook
>>> - Jody Garnett
>>> - Michael Smith
>>> - Nick Bearman +1
>>> - Regina Obe +1
>>> - Steve Lime
>>> - Tom Kralidis
>>>
>>> https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/9
>>>
>>> I will be away at the deadline (9th April) and not returning to this
>>> type of work until 30th April. So if someone else wants to pick up
>>> the bat, please do. Otherwise I will work on this at the end of April.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Nick.
>>>
>>> On 26/03/2026 15:50, Nick Bearman via Incubator wrote:
>>>
>>> So far we have 1 votes. Probably because I put a lot of preamble
>>> before the voting, sorry!
>>>
>>> We need 7 to pass, so please vote before the deadline, Thurs 2nd
>>> April.
>>>
>>> Or ask questions if you have any!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nick.
>>>
>>> Therefore I propose to make a motion to accept QField as an
>>> OSGeo Community Project
>>>
>>> The motion is held open for two weeks until Thursday 2 April and
>>> requires at least 50% quorum from the following Committee Members:
>>>
>>>
>>> - Angelos Tzotsos
>>> - Arnulf Christl
>>> - Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
>>> - Brian M Hamlin
>>> - Daniel Morissette
>>> - Dimitris Kotzinos
>>> - Frank Warmerdam
>>> - Jo Cook
>>> - Jody Garnett
>>> - Michael Smith +1
>>> - Nick Bearman +1
>>> - Regina Obe
>>> - Steve Lime +1
>>> - Tom Kralidis +1
>>>
>>> On 19/03/2026 16:02, Nick Bearman via Incubator wrote:
>>>
>>> All of the links and details are still valid.
>>>
>>> From 9th May 2023
>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2023-May/004656.html
>>>
>>> This motion did not pass in the allocated time. I would
>>> like to ask
>>> another volunteer to review.
>>>
>>> We had one question come up during voting on license
>>> compatibility that is
>>> interesting but may not be suitable for public discussion.
>>>
>>> Jody
>>>
>>> The licensing question was:
>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2023-April/004648.html
>>>
>>> I don't get to vote, but I have had a question about
>>> qfield for a long
>>> time that I have never seen an answer for. I am 99% sure
>>> I have asked
>>> about it on one of the qgis lists in the past.
>>>
>>> The license for qgis is GPL2, and qfield has the same
>>> license. qfield
>>> appears to contain qgis code. That's all fine.
>>>
>>> The android app is distributed under GPL2 presumably,
>>> but I don't see
>>> that mentioned in the google play store. That's a minor
>>> issue and
>>> easily fixed, assuming that there aren't proprietary
>>> android libraries
>>> (e.g. Google Play services) bundled in.
>>>
>>> The iOS app is presumably also GPL2, but as I understand
>>> it, that's not
>>> allowed in the apple app store, and the Apple app
>>> store's terms prohibit
>>> redistribution of the app one obtains, which is
>>> incompatible with GPL2.
>>> Often software that was Free before it goes into the
>>> Apple app store has
>>> a special license from the copyright holders to be able
>>> to be
>>> distributed under the non-Free license required by
>>> Apple. But with code
>>> from qgis -- since it has no such exception -- I don't
>>> understand how
>>> this is working.
>>>
>>> Thus, I don't understand the licensing situation. My
>>> specific
>>> questions:
>>>
>>> Is the license for qfield straight GPL2, as the repo
>>> indicates, or
>>> something else?
>>>
>>> Does qfield contain qgis code, such that it's a derived
>>> work?
>>>
>>> If so, is qgis straight GPL2?
>>>
>>> Is the Android binary under GPL2, with only Free
>>> software as sources?
>>>
>>> Is the iOS binary on gitub under GPL2, with only Free
>>> software as
>>> sources?
>>>
>>> How is the iOS binary being distributed in the Apple app
>>> store?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Greg
>>>
>>> I don't know the details of the licensing question, or
>>> whether this is still valid.
>>>
>>> Therefore I propose to make a motion to accept QField as an
>>> OSGeo Community Project
>>>
>>> The motion is held open for two weeks until Thursday 2 April and
>>> requires at least 50% quorum from the following Committee
>>> Members:
>>>
>>> |- Angelos Tzotsos|
>>>
>>> |- Arnulf Christl|
>>>
>>> |- Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques|
>>>
>>> |- Brian M Hamlin|
>>>
>>> |- Daniel Morissette|
>>>
>>> |- Dimitris Kotzinos|
>>>
>>> |- Frank Warmerdam|
>>>
>>> |- Jo Cook|
>>>
>>> |- Jody Garnett|
>>>
>>> |- Michael Smith|
>>>
>>> |- Nick Bearman +1|
>>>
>>> |- Regina Obe|
>>>
>>> |- Steve Lime|
>>>
>>> |- Tom Kralidis|
>>>
>>> I am happy with this, and am starting with a +1
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Nick.
>>>
>>> On 27/01/2026 17:46, Angelos Tzotsos via Incubator wrote:
>>>
>>> https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/9
>>>
>>> On 4/21/23 20:34, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>
>>> I would like to make a motion:
>>> Recommending QField for the osgeo community
>>> project program.
>>>
>>> The motion is held open for two weeks, until May 5th
>>> 2023.
>>>
>>> - Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
>>> - Arnulf Christl
>>> - Jo Cook
>>> - Jody Garnett +1 (initial motion)
>>> - Dimitris Kotzinos
>>> - Tom Kralidis
>>> - Michael Smith
>>> - Steve Lime
>>> - Daniel Morissette
>>> - Frank Warmerdam
>>> - Angelos Tzotsos
>>>
>>>
>>> Checking the project against our requirements
>>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Step_2:_Join_Community_Projects_Program>
>>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Step_2:_Join_Community_Projects_Program>
>>>
>>> :
>>>
>>> 1. Be geospatial
>>> - Confirm by checking README or project description
>>> - project page on the osgeo website
>>> - We ask projects have some user documentation, for
>>> example an OSGeo Live
>>> quickstart
>>>
>>> Most of this was checked for website requirements.
>>> There is nice user
>>> documentation (https://docs.qfield.org/get-started/).
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. Have a free license or an open source license.
>>> - The license must be OSI approved
>>> - We ask that the project team check the file
>>> headers and double check the
>>> license has been appropriately applied
>>>
>>> GPL2 is provided in docs
>>> (https://docs.qfield.org/get-started/license/) and
>>> source code
>>> (https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/LICENSE).
>>>
>>>
>>> The team has automated check that license is applied (
>>> https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/scripts/licensecheck.pl)
>>>
>>> which is really cool.
>>>
>>> 3. Welcome participation and new contributors.
>>> - We look for a clear contribution policy
>>> - We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration,
>>> perhaps with a history
>>> of bug report or pull requests
>>> - Projects are required to have a code of conduct
>>>
>>> Contribution policy (
>>> https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md),
>>>
>>> collaboration
>>> (https://github.com/opengisch/QField/pulls?q=is%3Apr),
>>> and
>>> code of conduct (
>>> https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
>>> all
>>> seem in order.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>>
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