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-# Projects submits a writeup answering the "Project Submission Questions".
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-# The "incubation committee" reviews available projects, and selects one, or a few based on the Project Evaluation Criteria, and the willingness of a committee member to act as project mentor.
-# The board of directors accepts or defers projects proposed by the incubation committee for incubation.
-# Projects remain in incubation until the mentor, and the incubation committee agree the project is ready for full status based on the Incubation Completion Criteria.
-# The board of directors accepts or defers the projects from the incubation committee for full status.
-# Once accepted, a PMC member is selected to report to the foundation board periodically on project status.
-== Project Evaluation Criteria ==
-Criteria for prioritizing projects for the incubation process.
-Requirements:
-* the code is under an OSI approved license (data & doc projects need to specify their choice for a type of license).
-* project willing to keep code clear of encumberances (committer agreements, etc).
-* the project is "geospatial", or directly in support of geospatial applications.
-Desirable:
-* already reasonably mature (working quality code).
-* already has a substantial user community.
-* already has a substantial developer community.
-* adheres to standards (ie. OGC, etc) where appropriate.
-* has linkages with existing foundation projects.
-* fills a gap in the foundation software stack.
-* prepared to develop in an open and collaborative fashion.
-* has contributions and interest from more than just one company/organization.
-* willing to migrate to foundation support infrastructure, and adopt website style consistent with the foundation.
-== Project Submission Questions ==
-Questions to ask of project teams wishing to enter incubation and project approval.
-The submitter would fill out as many as possible and enter "none" if there is no answer.
-* Name, location, affiliations (eg. corporate), etc.
-* Short description of the submitter
-* Project Name
-* Open source license selection
-* One line description
-* Detail description
-* Status (no code, alpha, beta, released)
-* Why is this project important to this community?
-* Which are the important project in the foundation you are linking to?
-* Which are the important project outside the foundation you are linking to?
-* Are there others involved in the development of the project?
-* How many active committers there are, and how many are employed by the project submitter?
-* How many users do you currently have?
-* If you have users, can you describe a few and how your code has helped them?
-* Are there other open source projects related to this one or compete with it?
-* What libraries do you use or plan to use?
-* Are there any patents or possible ownership issues?
-* Use of open (or defacto) standards for data or communication?
-* Please feel free to add other information that we have not asked that would help ensure that we know enough about your project to accept it into our community.
-== Incubation Completion Criteria ==
-* Has the code been adequately vetted to assure it is all properly licensed?
-* Have all code committers signed appropriate agreements.
-* Does the project have a governance policy and a project management committee established that ensures decisions can be made, documented and adhered to?
-* Is the developer community working in a reasonably healthy way? Open to input, new members and reaching consensus on decisions?

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