Proposed Project Submission Process

Project Evaluation Criteria

Requirements:

• the code is under an OSI approved license.
• project willing to keep code clear of encumberances (committer agreements, etc).
• the project is "geospatial", or directly in support of geospatial applications.

Desirable:

• already reasonably mature (working quality code).
• already has a substantial user community.
• already has a substantial developer community.
• adheres to standards (ie. OGC, etc) where appropriate.
• has linkages with existing foundation projects.
• fills a gap in the foundation software stack.
• prepared to develop in an open and collaberative fashion.

Project Submission Questions

• Name, location, affiliations (eg. corporate), etc.
• Short description of the submitter
• Project Name
• Open source license selection
• One line description
• Detail description
• Status (no code, alpha, beta, released)
• Why is this project important to this community?
• Are there others involved in the development of the project? How many active comitters are there?
• How many users do you currently have?
• If you have users, can you describe a few and how your code has helped them?
• Are there other open source projects related to this one or compete with it?
• What libraries do you use or plan to use?
• Are there any patents or possible ownership issues?
• Please feel free to add other information that we have not asked that would help ensure that we know enough about your project to accept it into our community.