Difference between revisions of "Incubator Application Form"

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= Document Status =
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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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'''IncCom Document Number''': X
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# Project owner name and email:
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# co-project owner names and emails:
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'''Version''': 1.0
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# Project description:
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'''Status''': development
 
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= Purpose =
 
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The purpose of this questionnaire is to gather information about projects wishing to be hosted at OSGeo shall answer. This information is used by the IncCom to determine whether or not a project should be recommended to the Board of Directors for incubation.
 
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Prospective projects are encouraged to provide as much detailed information as possible.
 
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= Terms and Definitions =
 
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; term : definition
 
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= Questions =
 
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# Please provide the name and email address of the principal Project Owner.
 
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# Please provide the names and emails of co-project owners (if any).
 
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# Please describe your Project.
 
 
# Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?
 
# Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?
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# Type of application does this project represent(client, server, standalone, library, etc.):
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# Type of application (client, server, standalone, library, etc.):
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# Please describe any relationships to other open source projects.
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# Relationships to other open source projects:
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# Please describe any relationships with commercial companies or products.
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# Relationships with commercial companies:
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# Which open source license(s) will the source code be released under?
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# Open source license that the code is to use:
 
# Is there already a beta or official release?
 
# Is there already a beta or official release?
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# What is the origin of project (commercial, experimental, thesis or other higher education, government, or some other source)?
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# Origin of project (commercial, experimental, thesis or other higher education, government):
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# Does the project support open standards?  Which ones and to what extent? ([http://opengeospatial.org OGC], [http://w3c.org w3c], ect.) Has the software been certified to any standard ([http://www.opengeospatial.org/resources/?page=testing&view=testSuites CITE] for example)? If not, is it the intention of the project owners to seek certification at some point?
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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)
 
# Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the copyright?
 
# Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the copyright?
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# How many people actively contribute (code, documentation, other?) to the project at this time?
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# Number of current developers:
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# How many people have commit access to the source code respository?
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# Number of estimated current users:
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# Approximately how many users are currently using this project?
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# Numbers of committers
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# What type of users does your project attract (government, commercial, hobby, academic research, etc. )?
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# Type of users (government, commercial, hobby, academic research, etc. ):
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# If you do not intend to host any portion of this project using the OSGeo infrastructure, why should you be considered a member project of the OSGeo Foundation?
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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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# Does the project include an automated build and test?
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# Do you have an automated build and test?
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# What language(s) are used in this project? (C/Java/perl/etc)
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# What language(s) do you use? (C/Java/perl/etc).
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# What is the dominant written language (i.e. English, French, Spanish, German, etc) of the developer?
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# What is the dominant written language of the developers
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# What is the (estimated) size of a full release of this project?  How many users do you expect to download the project when it is released?
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# Estimated bandwidth usage

Revision as of 06:54, 2 May 2006

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.

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