Incubation Committee

The project incubation committee is responsible for overseeing the incubation process for new projects entering the foundation. The incubation committee provides resources to assist new projects to reach full membership, and makes recommendations to the board when they feel projects have completed incubation.

Documents

• Official incubator public web page is at: <a href="http://osgeo.org/incubator/index.html">http://osgeo.org/incubator/index.html</a> (with members list).
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Incubation FAQ">Incubation FAQ</a>
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Official IncCom Documents">Official IncCom Documents</a>
• Incubation process docs: <a href="http://osgeo.org/incubator/process/index.html">http://osgeo.org/incubator/process/index.html</a> (original <a href="Official IncCom Documents">wiki draft documents</a>)
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Incubation Badges">Incubation Badges</a>

Draft or Example Documents

• Draft <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines">Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines</a>
• OSGeo Distribution and Committer [<a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html">licenses</a> which can be used as is, or as an example for projects starting off with participatory open source.
  • Geotools Copyright Assignment (<a href="http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.pdf">pdf</a>, <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.odt">odt</a>) - previous example
  • <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Project Copyright Assignment">Project Copyright Assignment</a> - previous example
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Contributor Agreement">Contributor Agreement</a> and FAQ
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Incubation Phases">Incubation Phases</a> proposal

Projects:

• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="OSGeo Labs">OSGeo Labs</a> - for OSGeo related projects that haven't reached incubation status
• List of <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Project Steering Committees">Project Steering Committees</a>

Reference:

• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Project Infrastructure Migration">Project Infrastructure Migration</a>
• <a href="http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/index.html">Producing OSS</a> - by Karl Fogel - an excellent primer on running an FOSS project.

Reports:

• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Incubation Committee Report 2012">Incubation Committee Report 2012</a>
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Incubation Committee Report 2011">Incubation Committee Report 2011</a>

Trac:

• <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&order=priority">Open Incubator Trac Issues</a>
• <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&keywords=%7Eapplication&order=priority">Pending Incubation Applications</a>

Meetings and Reports

Meetings are scheduled via <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator">Mailing List</a> and take place via <a href="Getting Started#Jump_on_IRC"> IRC</a> at the times specified in the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Foundation Calendar">Foundation Calendar</a>.

• <a href="IncCom Meeting1">First Meeting</a> - March 13th 2006
• <a href="IncCom Meeting2">Second Meeting</a> - March 20th 2006
• <a href="IncCom Meeting3">Third Meeting</a> - March 27th 2006
• <a href="IncCom Meeting4">Fourth Meeting</a> - April 10th 2006
• <a href="IncCom Meeting5">Fifth Meeting</a> - April 24th 2006
• <a href="IncCom Meeting6">Sixth Meeting</a> - June 19th 2006
• <a href="IncCom Meeting7">Seventh Meeting</a> - August 7th 2006
• <a href="IncCom Meeting8">Eighth Meeting</a> - October 30th 2006
• <a href="IncCom Meeting9">Nineth Meeting</a> - February 12th 2007
• <a href="IncCom Meeting10">Tenth Meeting</a> - June 11th 2007
• <a href="IncCom Meeting11">Eleventh Meeting</a> - October 29th 2007
• <a href="IncCom Meeting12">Twelfth Meeting</a> - September 8th 2008
• <a href="IncCom Meeting13">Thirteenth Meeting</a> - October 29th 2009
• <a href="IncCom Meeting14">Fourteenth Meeting</a> - March 1th 2010
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="IncCom Meeting15">IncCom Meeting15</a> - Nov 21 2011
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="IncCom Meeting16">IncCom Meeting16</a> - Jan 17 2012
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="IncCom Meeting17">IncCom Meeting17</a> - March 19 2012
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="IncCom Meeting18">IncCom Meeting18</a> - May 21 2012
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="IncCom Meeting19">IncCom Meeting19</a> - July 23 2012
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="IncCom Meeting20">IncCom Meeting20</a> - Sep 24 2012
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="IncCom Meeting21">IncCom Meeting21</a> - Feb 18 2013
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="IncCom Report22">IncCom Report22</a> - 2013 Q2
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="IncCom Report23">IncCom Report23</a> - 2013 Q3
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="IncCom Report24">IncCom Report24</a> - 2014 Q2

Progress in the incubator

The OSGeo incubation process takes place in three stages:

1. Initial Application
2. Incubation
   1. Project Status: project details, and a few resourcing questions for the system admin committee (see <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Project Status Template">Project Status Template</a>).
   2. Provenance Review: quick check to ensure the project is open source and has permission to distribute its source code.
   3. Final Checklist: review the project procedures and gather requested information for OSGeo participation
3. Graduation

The following projects are currently in OSGeo incubation:

• gvSIG: <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/gvsig">http://www.osgeo.org/gvsig</a>
  1. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GvSIG Incubation Status">GvSIG Incubation Status</a>
  2. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GvSIG Provenance Review">GvSIG Provenance Review</a>
  3. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GvSIG Incubation Checklist">GvSIG Incubation Checklist</a>

• MetaCRS: <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/metacrs/">http://trac.osgeo.org/metacrs/</a>
  1. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="MetaCRS Incubation Status">MetaCRS Incubation Status</a>
  2. no provenance review provided
  3. no check list provided

• Opticks: <a href="http://opticks.org">http://opticks.org</a>
  1. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Opticks Incubation Status">Opticks Incubation Status</a>
  2. no provenance review provided
  3. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Opticks Incubation Checklist">Opticks Incubation Checklist</a>

• rasdaman: <a href="http://www.rasdaman.org">http://www.rasdaman.org</a>
  1. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Rasdaman Incubation Status">Rasdaman Incubation Status</a>
  2. <a href="http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoCodeProvenance">http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoCodeProvenance</a>
  3. <a href="http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist">http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist</a>

• Zoo-Project: <a href="http://www.zoo-project.org">http://www.zoo-project.org</a>
  1. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="ZOO-Project Incubation Status">ZOO-Project Incubation Status</a>
  2. <a href="http://zoo-project.org/trac/wiki/Provenance%20Review">Provenance Review</a>
  3. no check list provided

• pycsw: <a href="http://pycsw.org">http://pycsw.org</a>
  1. status template not filled out
  2. no provenance review provided
  3. no check list provided

• TEAM Engine: <a href="http://teamengine.sourceforge.net">http://teamengine.sourceforge.net</a>
  1. status template not filled out
  2. no provenance review provided
  3. no check list provided

• OTB
  1. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="OTB Incubation Application">OTB Incubation Application</a>
  2. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="OTB Project Incubation Status">OTB Project Incubation Status</a>

The above pages are used to track the progress of incubation projects and are used by the developer team (and OSGeo mentor). In many cases the links will take you to a project specific wiki or website in order to be closer to their target community.

When projects have completed the incubation checklist their mentor will recommend them to the Incubation committee for graduation.

Graduated

The following status and provenance documents are for historical purposes, and are no longer actively maintained.

• Community Mapbuilder: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Community Mapbuilder Incubation Progress">Community Mapbuilder Incubation Progress</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Community Mapbuilder Provenance Review">Community Mapbuilder Provenance Review</a>
• deegree: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Deegree Incubation Status">Deegree Incubation Status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Deegree Provenance Review">Deegree Provenance Review</a>
• FDO: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="FDO Incubation Status">FDO Incubation Status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="FDO Provenance Review">FDO Provenance Review</a>
• GEOS: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GEOS Incubation Status">GEOS Incubation Status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GEOS Provenance Review">GEOS Provenance Review</a>
• GDAL/OGR: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GDAL Incubation Progress">GDAL Incubation Progress</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GDAL Provenance Review">GDAL Provenance Review</a>
• Geomajas: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GeoMajas Incubation Status">GeoMajas Incubation Status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GeoMajas Provenance Review">GeoMajas Provenance Review</a>
• GeoNetwork: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GeoNetwork Incubation Status">GeoNetwork Incubation Status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GeoNetwork Provenance Review">GeoNetwork Provenance Review</a>
• GeoMoose: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GeoMoose Incubation Status">GeoMoose Incubation Status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GeoMoose Provenance Review">GeoMoose Provenance Review</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GeoMoose Incubation Checklist">GeoMoose Incubation Checklist</a>
• GeoTools: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GeoTools Incubation Progress">GeoTools Incubation Progress</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GeoTools Provenance Review">GeoTools Provenance Review</a>
• GeoServer: [<a href="http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/OSGEO+incubation+questionnaire">Incubation Questionnaire</a>] | [<a href="http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/GeoServer+Incubation+Status">Incubation Status</a>] | [<a href="http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/GeoServer+Provenance+Review">Provenance Review</a>] | [<a href="http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/GeoServer+Incubation+Checklist">Incubation Checklist</a>] | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Geoserver Mentor Notes">Geoserver Mentor Notes</a>
• GRASS: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GRASS Incubation Progress">GRASS Incubation Progress</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="GRASS Provenance Review">GRASS Provenance Review</a>
• Mapbender: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Mapbender Incubation Progress">Mapbender Incubation Progress</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Mapbender Provenance Review">Mapbender Provenance Review</a>
• MapFish: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="MapFish Incubation Status">MapFish Incubation Status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="MapFish Provenance Review">MapFish Provenance Review</a> (Graduated: August 2011)
• MapGuide: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="MapGuide Incubation Status">MapGuide Incubation Status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="MapGuide Provenance Review">MapGuide Provenance Review</a>
• MapServer: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="MapServer incubation status">MapServer incubation status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="MapServer Provenance Review">MapServer Provenance Review</a>
• Marble: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Marble Incubation Status">Marble Incubation Status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Marble Code Provenance Review">Marble Code Provenance Review</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Marble Graduation Checklist">Marble Graduation Checklist</a> (Graduated 17 October 2013)
• OpenLayers: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="OpenLayers Incubation Status">OpenLayers Incubation Status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="OpenLayers Provenance Review">OpenLayers Provenance Review</a>
• PostGIS: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="PostGIS Incubation Status">PostGIS Incubation Status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="PostGIS Provenance Review">PostGIS Provenance Review</a>
• OSSIM: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="OSSIM incubation status">OSSIM incubation status</a> | <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/ossimprovenance">OSSIM Provenance Review</a>
• QGIS: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="QGIS Incubation Status">QGIS Incubation Status</a> | <a _fcknotitle="true" href="QGIS Provenance Review">QGIS Provenance Review</a>

The initial projects to go through the incubation process helped define what is required. The above pages tracked the progress (and capture the experience) of these projects.

Incubation
Committees