Difference between revisions of "Incubator Application Form"

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= Purpose =
 
= 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.
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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.
  
 
= Terms and Definitions =
 
= Terms and Definitions =
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= Questions =
  
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# Project owner name and email:
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# co-project owner names and emails:
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# Project description:
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# Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?
! Project Response
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# Type of application (client, server, standalone, library, etc.):
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# Relationships to other open source projects:
| Project Owner and email ||
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# Relationships with commercial companies:
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# Open source license that the code is to use:
| co-project owner names and emails ||
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# Is there already a beta or official release?
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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# Origin of project (commercial, experimental, thesis or other higher education, government):
| Project description ||
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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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# Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the copyright?
| Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project? ||
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# Number of current developers:
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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# Number of estimated current users:
| Type of application (client, server, standalone, library, etc.) ||
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# Numbers of committers
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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# Type of users (government, commercial, hobby, academic research, etc. ):
| Relationships to other open source projects ||
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# If you are not hosting at OSGeo, why should you be considered a member project of the OSGeo Foundation?
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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# Do you have an automated build and test?
| Relationships with commercial companies ||
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# What language(s) do you use? (C/Java/perl/etc).
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
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# What is the dominant written language of the developers
| Open source license that the code is to use ||
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# Estimated bandwidth usage
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| Is there already a beta or official release? ||
 
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| Origin of project (commercial, experimental, thesis or other higher education, government) ||
 
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| 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) ||
 
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the copyright? ||
 
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| Number of current developers ||
 
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| Number of estimated current users ||
 
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| Numbers of committers ||
 
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| Type of users (government, commercial, hobby, academic research, etc. ): ||
 
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| If you are not hosting at OSGeo, why should you be considered a member project of the OSGeo Foundation? ||
 
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| Do you have an automated build and test? ||
 
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| What language(s) do you use? (C/Java/perl/etc). ||
 
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| What is the dominant written language of the developers ||
 
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
 
| Estimated bandwidth usage ||
 
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Revision as of 06:37, 2 May 2006

Document Status

IncCom Document Number: X

Version: 1.0

Status: development

Purpose

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.

Prospective projects are encouraged to provide as much detailed information as possible.

Terms and Definitions

term
definition

Questions

  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