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The following is a work in progress version of the Incubator Application. These are questions that all projects wishing to be hosted at OSGeo should answer. This form is used by the committee to consider the project.
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= Document Status =
  
# Project owner name and email:
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'''IncCom Document Number''': X
# co-project owner names and emails:
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# Project description:
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'''Version''': 1.0
# Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?
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# Type of application (client, server, standalone, library, etc.):
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'''Status''': development
# Relationships to other open source projects:
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# Relationships with commercial companies:
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= Purpose =
# Open source license that the code is to use:
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# Is there already a beta or official release?
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The purpose of this form is to ask questions that all projects wishing to be hosted at OSGeo shall answer. This form is used by the IncCom to determine whether or not a project should be recommended to the Board of Directors for incubation.
# Origin of project (commercial, experimental, thesis or other higher education, government):
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# Open standards supported? ([http://opengeospatial.org OGC], [http://w3c.org w3c], ect.) Tested compliant? ([http://www.opengeospatial.org/resources/?page=testing&view=testSuites CITE] for example)
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= Terms and Definitions =
# Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the copyright?
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# Number of current developers:
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; term : definition
# Number of estimated current users:
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# Numbers of committers
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= Form =
# Type of users (government, commercial, hobby, academic research, etc. ):
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# If you are not hosting at OSGeo, why should you be considered a member project of the OSGeo Foundation?
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# Do you have an automated build and test?
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# What language(s) do you use? (C/Java/perl/etc).
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# What is the dominant written language of the developers
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# Estimated bandwidth usage
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! Project Response
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| Project Owner and email ||
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| co-project owner names and emails ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Project description ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project? ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Type of application (client, server, standalone, library, etc.) ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Relationships to other open source projects ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Relationships with commercial companies ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Open source license that the code is to use ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Is there already a beta or official release? ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Origin of project (commercial, experimental, thesis or other higher education, government) ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Open standards supported? ([http://opengeospatial.org OGC], [http://w3c.org w3c], ect.) Tested compliant? ([http://www.opengeospatial.org/resources/?page=testing&view=testSuites CITE] for example) ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the copyright? ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Number of current developers ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 +
| Number of estimated current users ||
 +
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Numbers of committers ||
 +
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Type of users (government, commercial, hobby, academic research, etc. ): ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| If you are not hosting at OSGeo, why should you be considered a member project of the OSGeo Foundation? ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Do you have an automated build and test? ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| What language(s) do you use? (C/Java/perl/etc). ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| What is the dominant written language of the developers ||
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|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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| Estimated bandwidth usage ||
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Revision as of 06:30, 2 May 2006

Document Status

IncCom Document Number: X

Version: 1.0

Status: development

Purpose

The purpose of this form is to ask questions that all projects wishing to be hosted at OSGeo shall answer. This form is used by the IncCom to determine whether or not a project should be recommended to the Board of Directors for incubation.

Terms and Definitions

term
definition

Form

Incubator Application Form
Question Project Response
Project Owner and email
co-project owner names and emails
Project description
Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?
Type of application (client, server, standalone, library, etc.)
Relationships to other open source projects
Relationships with commercial companies
Open source license that the code is to use
Is there already a beta or official release?
Origin of project (commercial, experimental, thesis or other higher education, government)
Open standards supported? (OGC, w3c, ect.) Tested compliant? (CITE for example)
Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the copyright?
Number of current developers
Number of estimated current users
Numbers of committers
Type of users (government, commercial, hobby, academic research, etc. ):
If you are not hosting at OSGeo, why should you be considered a member project of the OSGeo Foundation?
Do you have an automated build and test?
What language(s) do you use? (C/Java/perl/etc).
What is the dominant written language of the developers
Estimated bandwidth usage