Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of GovernanceAndCommunity

Timestamp:

Apr 28, 2007, 9:45:21 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

warmerdam

Comment:

Preliminary import

GovernanceAndCommunity

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+= Governance and Community Participation =
+
+== OSGeo Project Membership ==
+
+Traditionally GDAL has been lead by Frank Warmerdam, the original author of
+much of GDAL/OGR, though with contributions and input from a variety of people. 
+As of February 2006 GDAL/OGR became a founding project of the 
+[http://www.osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)]
+and began a transition to a more community oriented governance model - in keeping
+with OSGeo expectations. 
+
+Membership as an OSGeo project provides assurances that a variety of best practices
+are being employed by the GDAL/OGR project, and that users and contributors can
+be assured of responsible project operation and continuity of the project.   In
+particular:
+
+* A consensus oriented Project Management Committee will be in charge of the project.
+*  Project source code and contributions will be vetted to ensure code is properly made available, protecting contributors and users of GDAL/OGR. 
+* Systems infrastructure is provided by the foundation, with responsible backup and redundancy to minimize disruptions. 
+
+
+== Project Management Committee ==
+
+As of April 2006 (following the GDAL/OGR 1.3.2 release) the project has been placed in the hands of a Project Steering Committee consisting of Frank Warmerdam, Andrey Kiselev, Daniel Morissette and Howard Butler.  This project steering 
+committee operates under the rules of [Rfc1Pmc GDAL/OGR RFC 1]. 
+
+Note that discussion of proposals to the PMC take place on gdal-dev, and input from all subscribers is welcome.  A [RfcList list of past RFCs], and [PscMotions past motions] is available for review.