OTB Project Incubation Status

General
Yes. Announcement was made publicly on December 17, 2013. Yes. Landon Blake.
 * 1) Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
 * 1) Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?

Infrastructure Transition
No. An existing web page exists: http://orfeo-toolbox.org/otb/ No. An existing bug tracker is being used by the project: http://bugs.orfeo-toolbox.org No. An existing version control system is being used for the project: http://hg.orfeo-toolbox.org/OTB No. Downloads are available from the existing web site: http://orfeo-toolbox.org/otb/download.html
 * 1) Has the projectname.osgeo.org domain been populated with the projects web presence? If not why, and has the project page got a prominent link to the real home?
 * 1) Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project? If not, why? Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project? If not, why?
 * 1) Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project? If not, why?
 * 1) Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ? If not, why?

Community Functioning
The project currently provides support through a mailing list, managed using Google Groups. Downloads are available from the existing web site: http://orfeo-toolbox.org/otb/download.html The project doesn't currently have a PSC. There are plans to form one and to have control passed from CNES to the PSC. This should take place by the early summer of 2014.
 * 1) Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
 * 1) Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
 * 1) Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
 * 1) Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines?
 * 2) How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations? Indicate number and some organizations involved.

Foundation Membership

 * 1) Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation? If not, indicate when this will occur.
 * 2) Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks? If not, indicate what is planned.

Code Copyright Review

 * 1) Has a Code Provenance Review document been prepared for the project?
 * 2) Have issues raised in the provenance review been adequately addressed? Indicate outstanding issues.
 * 3) Are Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines covering legal issues in place?