This document summarizes the orientation for projects starting incubation with the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). OSGeo supports open source geospatial projects by providing financial, organizational, and legal support. Projects can join as either a community project, which explores new ideas with smaller communities, or as an OSGeo project, which requires more documentation and demonstrated growth. The process for joining involves emailing an introduction for community projects or submitting an incubation application and finding a mentor to guide the process for becoming an OSGeo project.

1. www.osgeo.org
Incubation Orientation
Starting something spatial

2. Welcome
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Open Source Projects
• GeoServer, GeoTools, uDig
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
• Board Member, Incubation Chair
• GeoTools Project Officer
• Marketing Committee (new recruit)
Eclipse Foundation
• Steering Committee
• Technology Project
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3. Empower everyone with open source geospatial
• OSGeo is a not-for-profit software foundation
• Provides projects financial, organizational and legal support
• Outreach and advocacy
• Promoting global adoption of open source geospatial technology
• Partnerships on open approach to standards, data and
education.
• OSGeo is a volunteer driven
• Passionate membership of individuals from around the world.
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4. Open Geospatial
• Working with our partners:
• Open Source: a collaborative approach to software development.
• Open Data: freely available information to use as you wish
• Open Standards: avoid lock-in with interoperable software
• Open Education: Removing the barriers to learning and teaching
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5. OSGeo Incubation
Starting something spatial
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6. Software Foundation
• We are responsible for
• Supporting our great
collection of projects
• Fostering new talent and
innovation.
• OSGeo supports projects
• Technically with community
of their peers
• Socially with community
building and outreach
• Professionally ensuring
each project is governed in
a fair and sustainable
manner
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7. OSGeo Community
Community projects are asked to:
• Technical - be Geospatial!
• Social – use an open source
license
• Fair – be open to participation
describing how volunteers can
“commit” to the project.
Community projects are often
smaller, exploring new ideas or just
building their community.
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8. OSGeo Projects
OSGeo projects have demonstrated:
• Technical improvements, user
documentation, documenting
their release process.
• Social growth showing
collaboration with users, an open
community with clear transparent
communication
• Fair governance clearly
documenting how contributors
can take part with leadership
drawn from a number of
organizations for sustainability
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9. How to Join OSGeo
Community Project
1. Email to incubation list
• Introductions, discussion
2. Review
• GeoSpatial
• LICENSE.md
• CONTRIBUTING.md
3. Done
• cross link websites
OSGeo Project
1. Incubation application
• create a ticket
2. Find a mentor
• Start with incubation list
3. “Incubation Process”
• mentor to answer questions
• can be quick, often slow
4. Complete Checklist
5. Graduation
• incubation à osgeo board
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10. May the Source
Be with you
From your friends at
Open Source Geospatial Foundation

11. Supported by sponsors world wide
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