Project Proposal Requirements
Projects must be proposed on this Wiki. Please leverage the Project Proposal Template available here, adding new proposals below this tab. A full set of instructions on how to add new Proposals have been posted here.
Note: New page creation on the LF Edge Wiki will require a LF ID. If you do not have one already, you may create one at https://identity.linuxfoundation.org/.
Project proposals submitted to the Foundation must provide the following information to the best of their ability:
- name of project
- project description (what it does, why it is valuable, origin and history)
- statement on alignment with Foundation charter mission and LF Edge taxonomy
- high level assessment of project synergy with existing projects under LF Edge
- link to current Code of Conduct
- sponsor from TAC, if identified (a sponsor helps mentor projects)
- project license
- source control (GitHub by default)
- issue tracker (GitHub by default)
- external dependencies (including licenses)
- release methodology and mechanics
- names of initial committers, if different from those submitting proposal
- briefly describe the project's leadership team and decision-making process
- preferred maturity level (see Project Stages: Definitions and Expectations)
- list of project's official communication channels (slack, irc, mailing lists)
- link to project's website
- links to social media accounts
- existing financial sponsorship
- infrastructure needs or requests
- project logo in svg format (see https://github.com/lf-edge/lfedge-landscape#logos for guidelines)
- trademark status