From 03bcbb839d9c05cd3fbacd7d9d22b0389900ae1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:02:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Began CommunityHealth UseCase, focusing first on license choice. --- ExistingProjects/EvaluationTemplate.mdwn | 4 ++++ UseCases.mdwn | 1 + UseCases/CommunityHealth.mdwn | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 UseCases/CommunityHealth.mdwn diff --git a/ExistingProjects/EvaluationTemplate.mdwn b/ExistingProjects/EvaluationTemplate.mdwn index 32cc134..1175585 100644 --- a/ExistingProjects/EvaluationTemplate.mdwn +++ b/ExistingProjects/EvaluationTemplate.mdwn @@ -64,3 +64,7 @@ data does, so I think it's tough to do it as a list of questions. FIXME: This is assessment of what the API for storing the accounting data does, so I think it's tough to do it as a list of questions. + +### Evaluation of the [[Community Health|USeCases/CommunityHealth]] +- Is the [[license both determined as Free Software by FSF and OSI-approved|USeCases/CommunityHealth#license-approved]]? +- Is the [[license GPL-compatible||USeCases/CommunityHealth#gpl-compatible]]? diff --git a/UseCases.mdwn b/UseCases.mdwn index 1be735a..cb6b69a 100644 --- a/UseCases.mdwn +++ b/UseCases.mdwn @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ criteria in evaluating ExistingProjects, then please make sure to update the - [[Reading and Reporting API|UseCases/ReadingAPI]] - [[Storage API|UseCases/StorageAPI]] +- [[Health Assessment of the Development Community|UseCases/CommunityHealth]] diff --git a/UseCases/CommunityHealth.mdwn b/UseCases/CommunityHealth.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..56083de --- /dev/null +++ b/UseCases/CommunityHealth.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# Health of the Development Community + +## Good License Choice + + +Obviously, code that's not under a license that is both +[OSI approved](http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical) and is not +[approved by FSF as a Free Software license](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#SoftwareLicenses) +is completely useless to us. + + +It would also be quite preferable if the code were under a +[a license that FSF has determined is GPL-compatible](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses), +so that code from GPL'd projects can be easily shared and GPL'd applications +can be built on top of anything we build. Code not under a GPL-compatible +license would face a high burden (i.e., the code would really have to be +absolutely wonderful in all other respects) to dictate such a license choice. +