Board Press Release GeoServer Graduates Incubation

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GeoServer Graduates OSGeo Incubation

News Date

16 Mar 2013

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OSGeo is pleased to announce that the GeoServer project has graduated from incubation and is now a full fledged OSGeo project. Andrea Aime, a long time member of the GeoServer Project Steering Committee (PSC), has been appointed as project officer.

GeoServer is an Open Source Java server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Designed for interoperability, GeoServer has always had a strong base in open standards and is a reference implementation of the OGC Web Feature and Web Coverage Services. It also supports other well known standards such as the Web Map and Web Processing services, in addition to various other non-OGC specific protocols.

Graduating incubation is focused on a review of code provenance and open source license. Requirements include open community operation, a responsible governance model, with clear guidelines for developer participation. Projects are expected to demonstrate the ability release software, preferably in collaboration with their user community and other OSGeo projects. Being recognised as an OSGeo Project recognises the completion of this process providing confidence to potential users, developers and contributors.

The project steering committee says, The GeoServer team is thrilled to be recognized as a full OSGEo project. There have been strong ties between the two communities with GeoServer developers being involved as charter members, volunteering at the committee level and represented in local OSGeo chapters and helping with foss4g. We are very happy to be included as part of OSGeo and a member of such an esteemed group of projects.

OSGeo would also like to thank Landon Blake, Jody Garnett, and the Aust-NZ OSGeo Chapter, the Free Software Foundation and The Eclipse Foundation for their assistance during this Incubation process

Congratulations to the GeoServer community!