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 fairly well. There is a well established developer community but the user community is progressing at a somewhat slower pace. However, posts made to the users mailing lists are being answered.

Are source and binary downloads for the package available?

Source coe and documentation downloads are available. Binary downloads are not availabale.

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?

TBD

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