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Questionnaire for projects intending to join the OpenRail Association

As a project intending to join the OpenRail Association, please:

  • create your fork of this repository
  • create a copy of this questionnaire and rename it to your project name
  • answer the questions
  • commit to a new branch in your fork, name it new-project-[project name]
  • initiate a pull request from your new branch to this repository
  • inform the technical committee by email: technical-committee@openrailassociation.org

Also see the documentation in incubation process for details about criteria and requirements for new projects and how it works to get new projects into the association.

What is the project's name?

Describe the project. What does the project do, why is it valuable, where does it come from?

Who are the maintainers of the project (these will be the primary contacts for the OpenRail Association)?

Which organizations are sponsoring/contributing to the project?

Where is the code hosted?

Which exact repositories do you intend to transfer to the GitHub organization of the OpenRail Association?

What is the project's main license?

What other licenses does the project use, e.g. for included 3rd party code?

Are any trademarks associated with the project?

Does the project have a web site? Where is it? Are you ok with moving it to be hosted by the OpenRail Association?

What are the communication channels the project uses (such as mailing lists, Slack, IRC, etc.)?

What is the project's leadership team and decision-making process?

How is it decided if and when a pull request is merged?

How can someone become a committer or a maintainer to/of the project?

How is development of the project planned and organized? Is this transparent to the public?

What is the project's roadmap?

What other organizations in the world should be interested in this project?

Why would this project be a good candidate for inclusion in the OpenRail Association?

Are there competing products or projects? If there are please explain how the proposed projects differentiates.

What standards does the project implement or rely on? How are they related to other existing standards?

What is the tech stack of the project? Name the major programming languages and frameworks which are used.

What is the project's plan for growing in maturity if accepted within the OpenRail Association?

Concluding statements

By sending this questionnaire you confirm that the project will adhere to the code of conduct of the OpenRail Association.

By sending this questionnaire you confirm that the project intends to be incubated in the OpenRail Association and plans to meet the maturity criteria set out by the OpenRail Association for incubated projects.