Join the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.

Jody Garnett (and Andrea Aime via email)

2.0.x

Discussion is complete, incubation process started with the submission of the:

Preflight:

• [OSGEO incubation questionnaire](OSGEO incubation questionnaire )
• OSGEO Trac ticket 423 .

Incubation documents (view able from OSGeo wiki ):

• [GeoServer Incubation Status](GeoServer Incubation Status)
• [GeoServer Provenance Review](GeoServer Provenance Review)
• [GeoServer Incubation Checklist](GeoServer Incubation Checklist)

Working documents:

• [Expectations and Examples](Expectations and Examples)

Quick: The community has asked us to join; apparently this would make a difference to GeoServer adoption.

Long: We discussed joining the OSGeo foundation when it was established (collaboration is after all a great deal of fun). The prospect of limited development resources being spread across both the GeoTools and GeoServer incubation process was a bit much.

From email:

Hi,
looking at the OSGEO thread it would seem all of the current PSC members
have voted positively:

The PSC has thus showed full will to go on with the OSGEO incubation.
Congratulations!

Now, time to more on. This wiki page:
[http://www.osgeo.org/incubator](http://www.osgeo.org/incubator)

describes the steps one needs to take in order to incubate.

I looked at the principles here: [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/principles.html](http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/principles.html)
it seems to me we already satisfy most if not all of them, pending for
example a more careful review of our IP situation.

I guess the first step is to compile the questionnaire and find a project mentor.

What about compiling the questionnaire as a page on the wiki?

Cheers
Andrea

Proposal updated 2012 to reflect new incubation checklist:

• Get direction from PSC

• Review incubation process: ** http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/process.html

• Apply for the incubation process

  • Fill in the [OSGEO incubation questionnaire]
  • Create a TRAC issue: ticket 423

• Wait for the incbation committee to accept us and assign a mentor

  • Landon Blake has contacted us, and will review above materials
  • Go over graduation requirements with mentor and ask any questions we have

• Incubation progress

  • AA: Initial code providence review leading into initial application
  • JG: License clarification for docs (also geotools license page).

• Initial pass of [GeoServer Provenance Review] done by OSGeo FOSS4G-Au code sprint!

  • Short list issues in JIRA, not required to fix!
  • Thanks!

• Code sprint held at FOSSS4G-au

  • [GeoServer Provenance Review] completed!

• Short list of issues raised during review

  • 90% handled by Jody shortly after they were discovered
  • Documentation License? Handled by GSIP - changed to CCbyA
  • Data review is stuck on a few old datasets (states, tasmania). Now sourced.

• Review OSGeo Graduation Checklist :

  • JG: Open
  • JG: Copyright and License
  • JG: Process (github, jira, GSIP, meetings and email)
  • JG: Documentation (user docs, developer docs with release procedure)
  • JG: Release Procedure (defined procedure, automated testing, and CITE testing)
  • Board: need a project officer when we get that far
  • IT: Marketing IanT has filled in the OSGeo-Live page
  • JG: Testing
  • SAC: Need to set up http://geoserver.osgeo.org redirect? No direct link is fine…

• Confirm with mentor we are ready

  • Quickly create a [GeoServer Incubation Status]

• Graduation

  • Be on hand to answer questions from the incubation committee
  • Select a PSC member represent the project to the OSGeo board: Andrea (who already follows the board list) has accepted the nomination

• Post Grad

  • Update Logo
  • Blog Anouncement

• http://www.nabble.com/GeoServer-and-OSGEO-td24259163.html#a24259163
• http://www.nabble.com/OSGEO-request-for-incubation-is-a-go-td24273081.html

• Andrea Aime: +1
• Alessio Fabiani: +1
• Justin Deoliveira: +1
• Jody Garnett: +1
• Simone Giannecchini: +1
• Rob Atkinson: +1

• JIRA Task
• Email Discussion
• Wiki Page