[SeasonOfDocs] TheGoodDocsProject: Kickstarting house keeping tasks

Jo Cook jo.k.cook at gmail.com
Mon Jul 1 07:37:50 PDT 2019


On the plus side, I think a .dev URL would be a good fit, but I wonder if
it is a barrier to new users? (Not sure, just wondering)

Jo

On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 3:28 PM Riona Macnamara <rionam at google.com> wrote:

> What about gooddocsproject.*dev*? It makes it more engineering-focused?
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 6:52 PM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Now TheGoodDocsProject is gaining momentum, we should start bootstrapping
>> core open source organisational tasks.
>>
>> Things to agree upon:
>> 1. How will we make decisions? I propose to set up a Project Steering
>> Committee (PSC), and base our processes upon best practices. Let's start
>> from here: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/OSGeoLive%20PSC (We can
>> revisit this later).
>>
>> 2. We will need to decide whether we create a new project or join an
>> existing one. (PSC to decide).
>>
>> 3. We need to agree on a name. Googleing "gooddocs" I found:
>> https://www.gooddocs.net/ . Are we ok with potential clash? Should we
>> pick another name?
>>
>> 4. We should select a license that the material is created under. I think
>> that we want a very permissive license for templates, so they can be used
>> as widely as possible. Maybe:
>> https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/
>>
>> 5. We should agree on source location, email list, slack channel
>> (Felicity has made a start here).
>>
>> And probably a few more things.
>>
>> It is ~ 10 years since I set up a project from scratch, so while I
>> understand the process, I'm a bit out of touch with the latest tools.
>> Suggestions would be welcomed, and we can touch on this in our online
>> meeting tomorrow.
>>
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