Wiki source code of Affiliate Membership Qualifications and Criteria
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1.1 | 1 | The OSI recognizes three types of organizations as elegible for OSI Affiliate Membership: non-profit organizations, educational institutions and user communities. |
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| 3 | = Non-Profit Organizations = | ||
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| 5 | **Qualifications** | ||
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2.1 | 7 | //Please provide references for...// |
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7.1 | 9 | 1. Currently recognized as a (or application submitted for) non-profit / not-for-profit / public benefit (or equivalent) by the national government were organized. |
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2.1 | 10 | 1. Mission statement describing purpose and goals. |
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1.1 | 11 | 1. Documentation formalizing organization, e.g. by-laws. |
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7.2 | 12 | 1. Funding source(s). |
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4.1 | 13 | 1. Publicly available release of a product(s) or service(s). |
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7.3 | 14 | 11. Released with an OSI Approved License. |
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2.1 | 15 | 1. Use of an OSI approved open source license (software development projects only). |
| 16 | 1. Documented approach for participation by the public. | ||
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3.1 | 17 | 1. An active community: |
| 18 | 11. Methods for current and interested individuals/organizations to join and participate in your community | ||
| 19 | 11. Active participation from multiple contributors, i.e. individuals and organizations other than founders (contributions may be other than programming/technology) | ||
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5.1 | 20 | 1. References from other open source projects, ideally a current OSI Affiliate Member. |
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7.3 | 21 | 1. Transparency in governance |
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1.1 | 22 | |
| 23 | **Criteria** | ||
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| 25 | 1. OSI Agreement has been signed and submitted. | ||
| 26 | 1. Cover letter including | ||
| 27 | 11. interest in Affiliation; | ||
| 28 | 11. proof of qualification. | ||
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| 30 | = Educational Institutions = | ||
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| 32 | Qualifications | ||
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4.1 | 34 | //Please provide references for...// |
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6.1 | 37 | |
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| 39 | 1. (% style="font-style: normal;" %)Institution is currently recognized and in good standing by an appropriate accreditation body. | ||
| 40 | 1. (% style="font-style: normal;" %)Evidence of institutional/departmental authority to affiliate with external organizations. | ||
| 41 | 1. (% style="font-style: normal;" %)Mission statement describing purpose and goals of institution/department. | ||
| 42 | 1. (% style="font-style: normal;" %)Documentation by the institution recognizing organization (academic and administrative departments only), e.g. organizational chart. | ||
| 43 | 1. (% style="font-style: normal;" %)Publicly available release of a product(s) or service(s) in line with the goals, values and mission of the OSI. | ||
| 44 | 1. (% style="font-style: normal;" %)Examples of software used and/or supported within the institution/department with an OSI approved open source license. | ||
| 45 | 1. (% style="font-style: normal;" %)An active community: | ||
| 46 | 11. (% style="font-style: normal;" %)Methods for current and interested individuals/organizations to join and participate in your community | ||
| 47 | 11. (% style="font-style: normal;" %)Active participation from multiple contributors, i.e. individuals and organizations other than founders (contributions may be other than programming/technology) | ||
| 48 | 1. (% style="font-style: normal;" %)References from other open source projects, ideally a current OSI Affiliate Member. | ||
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1.1 | 51 | Criteria |
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| 53 | = User Communities = | ||
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| 55 | Qualifications | ||
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4.1 | 57 | |
| 58 | //Please provide references for...// | ||
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| 60 | 1. Founding documentation formalizing organization, e.g. by-laws. | ||
| 61 | 1. Association memberships, partnerships, etc. (if applicable) with international, national, professional and/or affiliated organizations. | ||
| 62 | 1. Mission statement describing purpose and goals. | ||
| 63 | 1. Publicly available release of events/activities, e.g. meetings, conferences, etc. | ||
| 64 | 1. Documented approach for participation by the public. | ||
| 65 | 1. An active community: | ||
| 66 | 11. Methods for current and interested individuals/organizations to join and participate in your community | ||
| 67 | 11. Active participation from multiple contributors, i.e. individuals and organizations other than founders (contributions may be other than programming/technology) | ||
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5.1 | 68 | 1. References from other open source projects, ideally a current OSI Affiliate Member. |
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1.1 | 70 | Criteria |