| 11 | | == [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo] Incubation Process == |
| 12 | | The rasdaman community project is being incubated by [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo]. |
| | 10 | == [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo] Incubation == |
| | 11 | The rasdaman community project has been being incubated by [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo] for over 6 years, until finally a majority of the incubation committee voted for not accepting rasdaman. The sole reason being that the Project Steering Committee (PSC) is not open enough to accept anybody, irrespective of having sufficient knowledge about rasdaman and Array Databases. This would lead to decisions made by a group whose composition and skills remain unclear, and not on merely scientific and technological insight as the rasdaman project has adopted since its inception many years ago, having led to the acknowledged technology position rasdaman has today. Comparative governance models can be found, e.g., with the Linux kernel. |
| | 12 | |
| | 13 | In short: OSGeo imposes a "design by committee" approach whereas rasdaman successfully pursues "design by science and innovation". |
| | 14 | |
| | 18 | |
| | 19 | '''2016-05-26''' |
| | 20 | * mail exchange between Jody Garnett and Peter Baumann: |
| | 21 | {{{ |
| | 22 | Jody- |
| | 23 | |
| | 24 | thank you for informing us, and for your friendly invitation. |
| | 25 | |
| | 26 | However, we somewhat need to recover from this traumatic 6-years experience |
| | 27 | culminating with the recent derogative treatment and bashing of the |
| | 28 | open-source rasdaman community project by some, which went unintercepted |
| | 29 | "by OSGeo" (in times even fed, actually). |
| | 30 | |
| | 31 | Maybe at a later time we will reconsider. |
| | 32 | |
| | 33 | best, |
| | 34 | Peter |
| | 35 | |
| | 36 | On 05/25/2016 10:08 PM, Jody Garnett wrote: |
| | 37 | > Peter: |
| | 38 | > |
| | 39 | > Are you interested in submitting Rasdaman as an OSGeo community project? |
| | 40 | > |
| | 41 | > Your project more than meets the requirements, and we would like to be sure |
| | 42 | > Rasdaman continues to remain part of OSGeo. The role of community projects |
| | 43 | > in our foundation is a work in progress and would be shaped in part by what |
| | 44 | > you wish to accomplish. The community projects are currently listed on the |
| | 45 | > osgeo.org website, and have distinct branding available for use on your |
| | 46 | > website and on the OSGeo live distribution. |
| | 47 | > -- |
| | 48 | > Jody Garnett |
| | 49 | }}} |
| | 50 | |
| | 51 | '''2016-05-26''' |
| | 52 | * mail by Jody Garnett to the OSGeo Board: ''The incubation committee has passed the following motion: "The Rasdaman Project is to be removed from the OSGeo Incubation process."'' |
