While discussing this with Free Software Foundation of India, this topic came up, and I could not explain them the position of software under incubation by OSGeo. May I have a pointer or thread where the status of software under incubation is dealt, indicating, 1. Copy-Left 2. Type of licensing, GNU-GPL, BSD etc Ravi Kumar
--- On Sun, 14/2/10, Arnulf Christl (aka Seven) <se...@arnulf.us> wrote: > From: Arnulf Christl (aka Seven) <se...@arnulf.us> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Copyright ownership > To: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > Date: Sunday, 14 February, 2010, 12:14 PM > Cleaning up an older thread... > > >From what I gather from the lists there seems to be no > broad opinion in > favor of making projects move their copyright under the > hood of OSGeo. > > With the recent discussion of potential export restriction > enforcement > by incorporated organizations incorporated in USA the the > need for a > more global organization seems to be higher. I am frankly > at a loss at > where such an organization would be incorporated and what > it could look > like but if it existed I would very much like to support > it. If anyone > has a great idea what a truly global OSGeo should look like > please speak > up. > > We should spend some thought on copyright every time we > admit and > evaluate projects in incubation. My personal experience > shows that > having the copyright of Open Source projects completely > under the hood > of a community owned organization is a good thing. > Everything else is > messy. The messy bit only shows when things go wrong so > lets keep > fingers crossed and as long as nothing happens we'll all be > fine. > > Best regards, > Arnulf. > > On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 21:34 +0000, Chris Puttick wrote: > > The other issue with assigning code copyrights to a > US-based > > organisation is a simple one. The US has the > strongest software patent > > machine and the most supportive courts (if you > pick your state > > carefully ;) ). > > > > As FOSSGIS applications bite ever harder into the > profits of the dominant player(s), the chance of the game > being changed to a legal one rather than a sales and > marketing one is pretty high; a fight OSGeo couldn't afford > to be in. > > > > Chris > > > > ----- "Landon Blake" <lbl...@ksninc.com> > wrote: > > > > > One example of the restrictions Luis is talking > about is the > > > prohibition > > > against distributing certain cryptographic > software outside of the > > > US: > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography > > > > > > Don't know that OSGeo would bump into that, but > it is one example of > > > a > > > US specific restriction on organizations involved > in software > > > development. > > > > > > Landon > > > Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268 > > > Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658 > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > > > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] > On Behalf Of Luis W. Sevilla > > > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 10:40 AM > > > To: OSGeo Discussions > > > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Copyright > ownership > > > > > > Hi, > > > one thing must be taken > in account, IMHO. If I'm not wrong OSGeo > > > is > > > an USA foundation (is registered in the States, > and must follow his > > > laws, of course. As USA maintains a commercial > embargo to Cuba [1], it > > > > > > seems there are a lot of things in technology > fields restricted to > > > American companies (and also foundations). > > > > > > If OSGeo will not became > a more global (not so USA laws > > > conditioned) > > > > > > institution, it doesn't seem so good the idea of > giving all and every > > > > > > copyrights to the foundation. > > > > > > My two cents > > > Luis > > > > > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > Warning: > > > Information provided via electronic media is not > guaranteed against > > > defects including translation and transmission > errors. 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