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= Questions =
 
= Questions =
  
# Project owner name and email:
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# Please provide the name and email address of the principal Project Owner
# co-project owner names and emails:
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# Please provide the names and emails of co-project owners (if any):
# Project description:
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# Please describe your Project:
 
# Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?
 
# Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?
# Type of application (client, server, standalone, library, etc.):
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# Type of application does this project represent(client, server, standalone, library, etc.):
# Relationships to other open source projects:
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# Please describe any relationships to other open source projects:
# Relationships with commercial companies:
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# Please describe any relationships with commercial companies or products:
# Open source license that the code is to use:
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# Which open source license(s) will the source code be released under:
 
# Is there already a beta or official release?
 
# Is there already a beta or official release?
# Origin of project (commercial, experimental, thesis or other higher education, government):
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# What is the origin of project (commercial, experimental, thesis or other higher education, government, or some other source):
# 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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# Does the project support open standards?  Which ones and to what extent? ([http://opengeospatial.org OGC], [http://w3c.org w3c], ect.) Has the software been certified to any standard?  If not, is it the intention of the project owners to seek certification at some point? ([http://www.opengeospatial.org/resources/?page=testing&view=testSuites CITE] for example)
 
# Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the copyright?
 
# Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the copyright?
# Number of current developers:
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# How many people actively contribute (code, documentation, other?) to the project at this time?
# Number of estimated current users:
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# How many people have commit access to the source code respository?
# Numbers of committers
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# Approximately how many users are currently using this project:
 
# Type of users (government, commercial, hobby, academic research, etc. ):
 
# Type of users (government, commercial, hobby, academic research, etc. ):
# If you are not hosting at OSGeo, why should you be considered a member project of the OSGeo Foundation?
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# If you do not intend to host any portion of this project using the OSGeo infrastructure, why should you be considered a member project of the OSGeo Foundation?
# Do you have an automated build and test?
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# Does the project include an automated build and test?
# What language(s) do you use? (C/Java/perl/etc).
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# What language(s) are used in this project? (C/Java/perl/etc).
# What is the dominant written language of the developers
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# What is the dominant written language (i.e. English, French, Spanish, German, etc) of the developers
# Estimated bandwidth usage
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# What is the (estimated) size of a full release of this project?  How many users do you expect to download the project when it is released?

Revision as of 07:46, 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

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Questions

  1. Please provide the name and email address of the principal Project Owner
  2. Please provide the names and emails of co-project owners (if any):
  3. Please describe your Project:
  4. Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?
  5. Type of application does this project represent(client, server, standalone, library, etc.):
  6. Please describe any relationships to other open source projects:
  7. Please describe any relationships with commercial companies or products:
  8. Which open source license(s) will the source code be released under:
  9. Is there already a beta or official release?
  10. What is the origin of project (commercial, experimental, thesis or other higher education, government, or some other source):
  11. Does the project support open standards? Which ones and to what extent? (OGC, w3c, ect.) Has the software been certified to any standard? If not, is it the intention of the project owners to seek certification at some point? (CITE for example)
  12. Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the copyright?
  13. How many people actively contribute (code, documentation, other?) to the project at this time?
  14. How many people have commit access to the source code respository?
  15. Approximately how many users are currently using this project:
  16. Type of users (government, commercial, hobby, academic research, etc. ):
  17. If you do not intend to host any portion of this project using the OSGeo infrastructure, why should you be considered a member project of the OSGeo Foundation?
  18. Does the project include an automated build and test?
  19. What language(s) are used in this project? (C/Java/perl/etc).
  20. What is the dominant written language (i.e. English, French, Spanish, German, etc) of the developers
  21. What is the (estimated) size of a full release of this project? How many users do you expect to download the project when it is released?