GRASS Incubation Progress - Revision history

Neteler: update lost URLs

2024-08-16T11:13:08Z

update lost URLs

Arnulf: /* Open Issues */ removed -> Currently there are no open issues.

2008-01-23T20:14:45Z

Open Issues: removed -> Currently there are no open issues.

Arnulf: /* Code Copyright Review */ last resolved open issues checked

2008-01-23T20:13:53Z

Code Copyright Review: last resolved open issues checked

Arnulf: /* Foundation Membership */

2008-01-23T20:09:12Z

Foundation Membership

Neteler: RPM Specs should be fine

2008-01-21T13:26:01Z

RPM Specs should be fine

Neteler: Tools fixed

2008-01-21T12:52:53Z

Tools fixed

Neteler: Imagery fixed

2008-01-21T11:29:37Z

Imagery fixed

Neteler: Raster issues fixed

2008-01-21T11:16:41Z

Raster issues fixed

Neteler: linkm fixed; David Gerdes added to AUTHORS; gsurf library (ogsf) was written by CERL == public domain; GPL statement added to some files in lib/imagery/

2008-01-21T11:00:28Z

linkm fixed; David Gerdes added to AUTHORS; gsurf library (ogsf) was written by CERL == public domain; GPL statement added to some files in lib/imagery/

Neteler: Includes - Problem?

2008-01-21T10:34:59Z

Includes - Problem?

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 === Mentor Notes ===
 Putting together notes for a documentation of the vetting process.
-* Example of header addition: http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass-commit/2007-April/028266.html (Note: archive unavailable online since not accepted by OSGeo-SAC)
+* Example of header addition: http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass-commit/2007-April/028266.html (Note: archive unavailable online since migration was not accepted by OSGeo-SAC :-( )
 * more of them here: http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass-commit.mbox/grass-commit.mbox
 : What has been done in past years:
-* 1999 http://www.nabble.com/-GRASS5--Re%3A-license-issues-tf3092945.html#a8586443
+* 1999: GPL 2 and later addition in the headers
-* 2000 http://www.nabble.com/-GRASS5--Digging-for-license-problems-tf3092306.html#a8585800
+** https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/1999-October/thread.html
-* 2003 http://www.nabble.com/-GRASS5--Licensing-problem-tf3092995.html#a8586612
+** https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/1999-November/thread.html
 ==== How is vetting done ====

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	** All issues have been resolved --[[User:Seven\|Seven]] 15:13, 23 January 2008 (EST)		** All issues have been resolved --[[User:Seven\|Seven]] 15:13, 23 January 2008 (EST)

−	~~==== Open Issues ====~~
−	~~''please resolve these or add to the list if you find anything''~~
−
−	The following list of directories and files have been found to miss copyright information and or authors. Please delete from this list as you go through the code adding a comment in the "Summary" box when saving this page.
−
−
−	~~===== Includes =====~~
−	~~What to do about:?~~
−	~~./grass6/include/~~
−	~~: -> not sure what the problem is, include/gis.h and other files include the GPL statement - MN~~
−	~~: done --[[User:Seven\|Seven]] 15:13, 23 January 2008 (EST)~~
−
−	~~===== Libs =====~~
−	* references gnu2 instead of >= gnu 2. Maybe change this:
−	** ./grass6/lib/cdhc/
−	** ./grass6/lib/imagery/
−	** ./grass6/lib/init/license.txt
−
−
−
−	~~===== RPM Specs =====~~
−	~~All rpm spec files except the one for suse have a reference to GPL (also minor)~~
−	~~./grass6/rpm/mandriva/~~
−	~~:-> it is also there: /rpm/suse/grass-6.1.cvs-1suse.spec~~
−	~~:: License: GPL, Copyright by the GRASS Development Team~~
−	~~. done --[[User:Seven\|Seven]] 15:13, 23 January 2008 (EST)~~
−
−	~~===== READMEs =====~~
−	~~there are several README files, this file:~~
−	~~./grass6/swig/license.mbox~~
−	~~suggests all to be MIT but in some it says GNU in some it does not say anything. Maybe a comment in the root README suffices?~~
−
−
−
−	~~===== Vector =====~~
−
−	~~Arnulf - what's wrong here? You didn't analyse yet?~~
−
−	./grass6/vector/*
−
−	~~done --[[User:Seven\|Seven]] 15:13, 23 January 2008 (EST)~~

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 ; Has a [[Code Provenance Review]] document been prepared for the project?
-: Yes, current status 97% see also [[GRASS Provenance Review]]. We consider this long-term open source project (1982-today) as a '''large body of prior art''' which might be interesting in potential OSGeo patent issues.
+: Yes, see also [[GRASS Provenance Review]]. We consider this long-term open source project (1982-today) as a '''large body of prior art''' which might be interesting in potential OSGeo patent issues.
 ; Have issues raised in the provenance review been adequately addressed?
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 * more of them here: http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass-commit.mbox/grass-commit.mbox
-: What has been done in past years ''(a lot more than most FOSSGIS projects that I know!)''
+: What has been done in past years:
 * 1999 http://www.nabble.com/-GRASS5--Re%3A-license-issues-tf3092945.html#a8586443
 * 2000 http://www.nabble.com/-GRASS5--Digging-for-license-problems-tf3092306.html#a8585800
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 ==== How is vetting done ====
-* In a first step al main.c have been checked for the appearance of the GNU GPL copyright text in several versions (the wording is not always identical but this was an easy way to select the recongnizable ones)
+* In a first step all main.c have been checked for the appearance of the GNU GPL copyright text in several versions (the wording is not always identical but this was an easy way to select the recognizable ones)
 * The resulting list of main.c were checked manually.
 ** If the provided information was not sufficient it was added.
-** As all source code is documented via CMS way back into last century most informaiton was there and had only be to retrieved and added as a a comment to the header
+** As all source code is documented via CMS way back into last century most information was there and had only be to retrieved and added as a a comment to the header
 ** Most issues with code or content were resolved immediately (see CVS logs in the past months, watch out for copyright in the comments).
 * Developers have been made aware of [[Code_Provenance_Review#FAQ]].
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 ** Example of "numerical recipies in C" removal http://www.nabble.com/NR-licence-issue-and-replacement-of-G_ludcmp%28%29-tf3682152.html
 ** As a result from the preliminary searches the mentors have started to check all modules. A painfully large pile that is.
 ==== Open Issues ====
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 The following list of directories and files have been found to miss copyright information and or authors. Please delete from this list as you go through the code adding a comment in the "Summary" box when saving this page.
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 ./grass6/include/
 : -> not sure what the problem is, include/gis.h and other files include the GPL statement - MN
 ===== Libs =====
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 :-> it is also there: /rpm/suse/grass-6.1.cvs-1suse.spec
 :: License:        GPL, Copyright by the GRASS Development Team
 ===== READMEs =====
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   ./grass6/vector/*

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 ; Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
-: Yes. The OSGeo logo is on the front page and search turns up 707 references to "OSGeo". A Drupal site if forthcoming: http://grass-dev.osgeo.net/
+: Yes. http://grass.osgeo.org/ has been populated.
 == Code Copyright Review ==

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   All rpm spec files except the one for suse have a reference to GPL (also minor)
   ./grass6/rpm/mandriva/
 ===== READMEs =====

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	suggests all to be MIT but in some it says GNU in some it does not say anything. Maybe a comment in the root README suffices?		suggests all to be MIT but in some it says GNU in some it does not say anything. Maybe a comment in the root README suffices?

−	~~===== Tools =====~~
−	~~./grass6/tools/timer/~~
−	~~./grass6/tools/mkftcap/~~
−	~~./grass6/tools/g.html2man/~~
−	~~./grass6/tools/mkhtml.sh~~
−	~~./grass6/tools/sql.sh~~

−	~~ironically~~
−	~~./grass6/tools/copyright.pl~~
−	~~does not contain the copyright string except in a generic version at the end (i.e. without author...)~~

	===== Vector =====		===== Vector =====

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−	~~===== Imagery =====~~
−	~~Search within:~~
−	~~./grass6/imagery/i.ortho.photo/libes/~~

−	~~missing:~~
−	~~./grass6/imagery/i.ortho.photo/menu/~~
−
−	~~Maybe also add GNU GPL copyright text or reference to the README file here:~~
−	~~./grass6/imagery/i.ortho.photo/~~
−
−	~~./grass6/imagery/i.smap/bouman/~~

	===== Includes =====		===== Includes =====

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:16, 21 January 2008
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	** ./grass6/lib/init/license.txt		** ./grass6/lib/init/license.txt

−	~~===== Raster =====~~
−	~~./grass6/raster/simwe/README~~
−	~~or:~~
−	~~./grass6/raster/simwe/simlib/~~

−	~~./grass6/raster/wildfire/r.spread/prob_invsqr/~~
−	~~./grass6/raster3d/r3.showdspf/main_ogl.c~~

	===== RPM Specs =====		===== RPM Specs =====

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 ===== Libs =====
-./grass6/lib/cdhc/
+* references gnu2 instead of >= gnu 2. Maybe change this:
+** ./grass6/lib/cdhc/
-./grass6/lib/imagery/
+** ./grass6/lib/imagery/
+** ./grass6/lib/init/license.txt
 ===== Raster =====