FDO Incubation Status

General

 * Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
 * Yes, FDO is a board approved project.


 * Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?
 * Yes, Daniel Morissette is assigned as mentor.

Infrastructure Transition
Note, for each of the following it isn't necessary to move to foundation infrastructure, but if you aren't a reason should be provided.


 * Has the projectname.osgeo.org domain been populated with the projects web presence?
 * Yes


 * Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
 * Yes


 * Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?
 * Yes


 * Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?
 * Yes


 * Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?
 * Yes

Community Functioning

 * Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
 * Yes. The mailing lists are functioning well. There is a well established developer community and user community. Issues raised on the internals and users mailing lists are being addressed in a timely manner.


 * Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
 * Binary, Source code and Documentation downloads are available for multiple FDO releases.


 * Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
 * Yes.


 * Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
 * Yes. Refer to http://fdo.osgeo.org/psc.html


 * How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?
 * 12 developers from Autodesk and at least 3 external developers.

Foundation Membership

 * Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
 * Yes


 * Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
 * Yes - The FDO site content inherits and uses the styles defined by the osgeo site.

Code Copyright Review

 * Has a Code Provenance Review document been prepared for the project?
 * Yes it can be found at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FDO_Provenance_Review


 * Have issues raised in the provenance review been adequately addressed?
 * Yes


 * Are Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines covering legal issues in place?
 * Yes. FDO uses the same guidelines as MapGuide: Refer to http://mapguide.osgeo.org/files/Individual%20Contributor%20Agreement.pdf, however not all contributors have yet signed the agreement yet.