So from this mail and reading the two links... it sounds like the impact for OL PSC would be that we must make sure that:
1) GeoExt has a OSGeo-friendly license (and doesn't change it) 2) All contributors to GeoExt project have signed CLA 3) GeoExt remains Geo-related. Seems like (1) and (3) are essentially a one-time deal. (2), however, would imply someone from OL PSC monitoring all GeoExt commits and double-checking to see that CLAs are on file for the committer or in the event that the committer is merely acting as a reviewer, then for the originator of the patch. None of this seems particularly difficult or time consuming. My immediate question, though, is "can a member of the OL PSC act in any of these roles if they are also a member of the GeoExt PSC (or general community)?" If the answer is "yes", and either Tim or Eric (who I know are both involved in GeoExt) would like to take on the responsibilities, then I don't see any reason for the OL PSC *not* to approve this. If the answer is "no", then a suitable chaperone among the uninvolved on the OL PSC will have to step up. Are there any side effects to this that are not being listed here? I mean, whether the answer to my above question is "yes" or "no", it doesn't seem like OL PSC really has anything to *lose* either way.... maybe I'm missing something? Erik On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 23:54, Tim Schaub <tsch...@opengeo.org> wrote: > Hey- > > GeoExt is a project that aims to provide an Ext based toolkit for > developing applications with OpenLayers. The library will extend Ext > widgets and data management classes with mapping functionality from > OpenLayers. > > The GeoExt project steering committee and existing users and developers > are interested in assigning copyright for the GeoExt code base to the > OSGeo foundation. For OSGeo to accept copyright, it would be ideal if > an existing OSGeo project could participate in the governance of the > GeoExt project. > > Our hope (as the GeoExt PSC) is that the OpenLayers PSC would accept > this responsibility. Exactly what "participate in the governance" means > is a little hard to nail down. I've put together a proposal with a bit > more specific language: > > http://www.geoext.org/trac/geoext/wiki/governance > > I'd like to open discussion on this proposal and get a vote from the > OpenLayers PSC some time next week. > > What this means for the OpenLayers PSC: > > The OpenLayers PSC requires that the GeoExt PSC provides evidence that > GeoExt is following the criteria for becoming an OSGeo member project > (as far as I can tell, this is best described here > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs#Criteria). > > In practice, this will mean that the OpenLayers PSC will request that > the GeoExt PSC provide information on contributors and signed > contributor license agreements, and that the GeoExt PSC maintains the > "geospatial" nature of the project. > > Questions and feedback welcome. > Tim > > -- > Tim Schaub > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > Expert service straight from the developers. > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > Dev@openlayers.org > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev >
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