diff --git a/ExistingProjects/EvaluationTemplate.mdwn b/ExistingProjects/EvaluationTemplate.mdwn index 32cc134018eb5e1b7344442416436dfecfe89a80..117558509e361f4b878b31d762b522a94b56b103 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 1be735a373b31496b41d9829b368f0a4de0c3cb7..cb6b69a88faeea99fbe2338a4f0061952b33019c 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 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..56083dea57f11c4cf34183fc56f2d3f81f4e6f6c --- /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. +