Did we want to mention the FSF and Eclipse foundations. 

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Jody Garnett


On Saturday, 16 March 2013 at 12:36 AM, Andrea Aime wrote:

> Hi,
> I just had news that all the board member gave a positive vote for the 
> GeoServer
> graduation, so first off, congratulations to everybody, and in particular to 
> the
> team that did the provenance review during the australian sprint some time 
> ago.
> 
> Now, I've been asked to craft a message that OSGeo can quote in the official
> OSGeo announcement.
> 
> Not sure what to say... some help needed.
> 
> If we look at previous graduation announcement, the message might look like:
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> OSGeo is pleased to announce that the GeoServer project has graduated from 
> the incubation process and is now a full fledged OSGeo project with Andrea 
> Aime appointed as project representative (PSC Member, GeoServer). 
> 
> GeoServer is an open source software server written in Java that allows users 
> to share and edit geospatial data. Designed for interoperability, it 
> publishes data from any major spatial data source using open standards. 
> Being a community-driven project, GeoServer is developed, tested, and 
> supported by a diverse group of individuals and organizations from around the 
> world.
> GeoServer is the reference implementation of the Open Geospatial Consortium 
> (OGC) Web Feature Service (WFS) and Web Coverage Service (WCS) standards, as 
> well as a high performance certified compliant Web Map Service (WMS), as well 
> as an implementing Web Processing Service (WPS) service.
> 
> 
> Graduating incubation includes requirements for open community operation, a 
> responsible project governance model, code provenance and license 
> verification and general good project operation. Graduating incubation is the 
> OSGeo seal of approval for a project and gives potential users of the project 
> added confidence in the viability and safety of the project. 
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> If instead they want some quote from us... maybe something like this?
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> The GeoServer PSC is thrilled about the OSGeo graduation. Even if GeoServer 
> has not been an official 
> OSGeo project so far, several of the  GeoServer PSC has been long involved in 
> OSGeo as chapter members, 
> as active participants to the open source GIS conferences, and supportive of 
> the OSGeo goals as a whole.
> As such we are very happy to official join the OSGeo community along with all 
> the other project that managed
> to prove their openness and stability.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> 
> Meh.. yeah, not great... help? :)
> 
> Cheers
> Andrea
> 
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