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Re: [location-iwg] Incubation Proposal "intro"
Oh look I am able to answer one of my own questions, the Starting_A_New_Project page links to a Project_Naming_Policy page.

With that in mind I can grind through the project naming policy:
a) Descriptive name: User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS
- Framework or Tools? While a framework is provided the bit people can download and run is generally more interest. Similar to how you can embed the BIRT reporting engine.
- Platform or Framework? This is tougher as we do provide a framework for people building their own RCP App that includes some GIS components. Indeed this is the main success story for uDig thus far.
b) Short name: uDig
- mix of characters is okay
- results in qualified name of "locationtech-udig"
c) Nickame: n/a
d) Not a product name? uDig is not considered a commercial product, it is the name of an open source project

Trademark check; this one will be tough as a lot of countries have a "call before u-dig" hotline or similar program. So while google and wikipedia correctly match the project to "udig", it looks like a couple groups have put a TM on the term since the project was started (http://www.markify.com).

Using the project name:

 "The proposed LocationTech project User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig)…."

Infrastructure:
a) forum / newsgroup (really?): depends how "LocationTech" is handled
- eclipse.udig
- locationtech.udig <-- I expect this one is correct?
- location-tech.udig
b) mailing list:
- udig-dev
c) package: once again depends on how "LocationTech" is handled
- org.eclipse.udig
- org.eclipse.location.udig
- org.eclipse.locationtech.udig
- org.locationtech.udig <--- I expect this one is correct?


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Jody Garnett

On Saturday, 11 August 2012 at 1:51 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:

So this section brings up a couple of questions for me …


Q: Looks like I need to fill in a project name, if so short or long form?

Based on the PMC example I am going to go for "User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig)"

Q: What is the communication channel for a LocationTech project?

While I have left the communication channel as the eclipse proposals forum, I suspect that the channel should be this location-iwg@xxxxxxxxxxx email list? Based on the MPC example we could also list a specific forum, but I expect that this should be an eclipse forum so the foundation is comfortable it is backing up a record of the discussion.

Q: Open Sourced under EPL 

The MPC project specifically mentioned it is open sourced under the EPL, while the generic template does not mention the license beyond it being open source.

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Jody Garnett

On Saturday, 11 August 2012 at 1:43 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:

Okay let us get this ball rolling. For each section of the proposal document I am going to start an email discussion, we can do a bit of Q&A about what the section is trying to communicate and review the examples provided.

With that in mind here is the first bit "intro"…


<p>The uDig project is a proposed open source project under the <a
	href="">"http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech">LocationTech Industry Working Group</a>.</p>

<!-- 
	The communication channel must be specified. Typically, this is the
	"Proposals" forum. In general, you don't need to change this.
 -->
<p>This proposal is in the Project Proposal Phase (as defined in the
Eclipse Development Process) and is written to declare its intent and
scope. We solicit additional participation and input from the Eclipse
community. Please send all feedback to the 
<a href="">"http://www.eclipse.org/forums/eclipse.proposals">Eclipse Proposals</a>
Forum.</p>

Marketplace Client Project (MPC)

The project has been created. Please visit the project page.

Eclipse Marketplace Client Project (MPC) is a proposed open source project under theEclipse Packaging Project (EPP) project. MPC will be open-sourced under the EPL.

This proposal is in the Project Proposal Phase (as defined in the Eclipse Development Process document) and is written to declare its intent and scope. This proposal is written to solicit additional participation and input from the Eclipse community. You are invited to comment on and/or join the project. Please send all feedback to the MPC forum.

Aether EXAMPLE (http://eclipse.org/proposals/technology.aether/)

Aether

The project has been created.

The Aether project is a proposed open source project under the Technology Container Project.

This proposal is in the Project Proposal Phase (as defined in the Eclipse Development Process) and is written to declare its intent and scope. We solicit additional participation and input from the Eclipse community. Please send all feedback to the Eclipse ProposalsForum.

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Jody Garnett


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