I. General information
Introduction
This policy sets forth the proposal process for projects to be accepted into LF Energy. The process is the same for both existing projects which seek to move into LF Energy and new projects to be formed within LF Energy.
All projects are assumed to start at Incubator status unless the TAC has verified that stage advancement requirements have been met.
Incubation Project Proposal Requirements
Projects must be formally proposed by answering the following questions and sending by email to tac@lists.lfenergy.org. Project proposals submitted to LF Energy should provide the following information to the best of their ability:
General information:
- Name of project
- Project description (what it does, why it is valuable, origin and history)
- Project lead
- Project financial sponsor organization(s)
- Names of other key contributing individuals and organizations
- Proposed Technical Steering Meeting (TSC) members
- Existing community links:
- repository hosting
- project website and docs
- mailing lists, slack, irc
- social media accounts
- Project security plan (TODO - what should this include?)
- Link to code base
Open source status:
- Please describe the project's license.
- Is this project's code publicly posted? On github or elsewhere?
- Does this project have ongoing public (or private) technical meetings?
- Do this project's community venues have a code of conduct? If so, what is it?
- Describe the project's leadership team and decision-making process.
- Does this project have public governance (more than just one organization)?
- Does this project have a development schedule and/or release schedule?
- Does this project have dependencies on other open source projects? Which ones?
- Describe the project's documentation.
- Describe any trademarks associated with the project.
Project status:
- Do you have a project roadmap? please attach [Are this project's roadmap and meeting minutes public posted?]
- Does this project have a legal entity and/or registered trademarks?
- Has this project been announced or promoted in any press?
- Does this project compete with other open source projects or commercial products?
Project value:
- Why would this project be a good candidate for inclusion in LF Energy?
- Provide a statement on alignment with the mission in the LF Energy charter.
- What specific need does this project address?
- Describe how this project impacts the energy industry.
- Describe how this project intersects with other LF Energy projects.
- Who are the potential benefactors of this project?
- What other organizations in the world should be interested in this project?
Project needs:
- How would this project benefit from inclusion in LF Energy?
- Please describe any infrastructure needs or requests (e.g., web hosting).
- Plan for achieving next maturity level (Incubation -> Early Adoption -> Graduated).