5-star-rating
Mail list discussion http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2010-June/thread.html
History http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Marketing_Artefacts&oldid=51118#Maturity_Rating
Compilation
* beta
- Project is "beta" software
- Not released yet
- Although not mature
- Software is related to GIS topic
- It's license is OSI approved
** stable
- Bundled software
- updates
- Training
- etc. ...
*** OSGeo project
- Project has Stable Software
- Stable community
- Deployed in production systems
- Project has passed osgeo incubation as per: http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/project_graduation_checklist.html
**** mature
- Defined release procedure
- Regular builds
- Security updates
- Training
- Stable community
5 stars: This rating is yet to be defined, and will not be allocated to projects yet. Project includes bundled software, regular builds, security updates, training, etc.
4 stars (mature):
3.5 stars: Not to be used yet, but may later be introduced for projects which have entered incubation.
3 stars (established): Project has Stable Software, a Stable community, is deployed in production systems, and is ready to pass criteria to enter incubation, as per:http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/evaluation.html
2 stars (stable): Project has Stable Software.
Project produces periodic releases of stable software which is used in production systems.
1 star (beta): Project has Beta software.