Rejoining this conversation after discussion on IRC. I would like to ask the OSGeo board to send a letter or request to the OGC highlighting this as problem. While Carl is doing a great job keeping communication live (thanks!) making a formal request would be something positive OSGeo can do.
Peter has provided George Percivall as a contact point, do we have a similar contact point to introduce George to? -- Jody Garnett On 16 February 2015 at 22:44, Peter Baumann <[email protected]> wrote: > recommend to contact: > > George Percivall > OGC Chief Engineer, CTO > [email protected] > http://www.linkedin.com/in/gpercivall > > -Peter > > > > On 02/17/2015 07:35 AM, Jody Garnett wrote: > > Thanks Bas, so how do we get OGC in contact with Debian FTP masters? OSGeo > is in this case cheering from the sidelines .. as this kind of gap is > something that can be patched. > > -- > Jody Garnett > > On 16 February 2015 at 16:11, Sebastiaan Couwenberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 02/16/2015 11:05 PM, Jody Garnett wrote: >> > Would love to have feedback from from Bas to see if the result would get >> > past the Debian guidelines. >> >> Your proposed text is certainly an improvement, and more likely to be >> acceptable to the Debian FTP masters. I cannot speak on their behalf, >> but it seems to address the concerns raised in TinyOWS rejection thread. >> >> >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-grass-devel/2014-January/017321.html >> >> IANAL, but I think because how the Copyright FAQ (legalfaq) is referred >> to in the Document Notice it's clear that it's an addendum to the >> license and should be considered part of the license terms. >> >> Further clarifying the terms for schemas, and also documenting the terms >> for CITE tests in the legalfaq is likely sufficient and changes to the >> Document & Software Notice terms themselves won't be required. >> >> There has not been a clear statement by the Debian FTP masters about >> whether the OGC Software Notice are considered DFSG compliant. But >> because of the similarity between the OGC Software Notice and W3C >> Software Notice terms chances are good that they are DFSG compliant. >> There is a lot of software in the Debian main repository with >> W3C-Software licensed works. >> >> We need to get OGC in contact with the Debian FTP masters to get clear >> statements from both parties on which terms apply to different works, >> and which terms are acceptable with respect to the DFSG. >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> Bas >> >> -- >> GPG Key ID: 4096R/6750F10AE88D4AF1 >> Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1 >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Standards mailing > [email protected]http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/standards > > > -- > Dr. Peter Baumann > - Professor of Computer Science, Jacobs University Bremen > www.faculty.jacobs-university.de/pbaumann > mail: [email protected] > tel: +49-421-200-3178, fax: +49-421-200-493178 > - Executive Director, rasdaman GmbH Bremen (HRB 26793) > www.rasdaman.com, mail: [email protected] > tel: 0800-rasdaman, fax: 0800-rasdafax, mobile: +49-173-5837882 > "Si forte in alienas manus oberraverit hec peregrina epistola incertis ventis > dimissa, sed Deo commendata, precamur ut ei reddatur cui soli destinata, nec > preripiat quisquam non sibi parata." (mail disclaimer, AD 1083) > > > >
