I would like to reiterate that value that the US Government is placing
on the IdeaScale comments. The number of comments, quality, feedback,
comments, etc. are all feeding into the internal discussions on policy
and acquisition. So feel free to comment directly there.
Also there is the FCC site up: http://rebootfcc.uservoice.com
Andrew
doug_newc...@fws.gov wrote:
Arnulf,
Mind if I copy/paste your comments below into the comments section for
that entry ?
Doug
Doug Newcomb
USFWS
Raleigh, NC
919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newc...@fws.gov
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The opinions I express are my own and are not representative of the
official policy of the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service or Dept. of the
Interior. Life is too short for undocumented, proprietary data formats.
 "Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)"
<arn...@osgeo.org>
>
> Hi Folks,
> The U.S Department of Interior has a website up soliciting
ideas for
> improvement. Each idea gives registered users options to comment
and vote
> on suggestions. There is a suggestion posted for the use of open
source
> software, and I have just posted a suggestion for regular
benchmarking of
> software ( commercial and open source) for OGC services and
processing
> large datasets ( comments welcome!) .
Doug,
thank you for this information.
One minor clarification on terminology (I will never tire): Using the
wording "commercial and open source" to differentiate proprietary form
free/open license models is misguiding as all Open Source software can
also be used in commercial contexts and is thus also "commercial
software".
This has recently been clarified by the US Department of Defense
available
in a document [1], attachment 2 on page 5, §2 a):
"In almost all cases, OSS meets the definition of “commercial computer
software” and shall be given appropriate statutory preference in
accordance with 10 USC 2377 (reference (b)) (see also FAR 2.101(b),
12.000, 12.101 (reference (c)); and DFARS 212.212, and
252.227-7014(a)(1)
(reference (d)))."
(I love to cite those guys, they manage to make everything look dead
serious :-)
The correct term to differentiate free and open source license models
from
proprietary license is models is "proprietary", and nothing but.
Best regards,
Arnulf.
[1] http://cio-nii.defense.gov/sites/oss/2009OSS.pdf
> For those who might be interested in making suggestions or
> commenting
> on the existing suggestions, the website is:
> http://openinterior.ideascale.com/
>
>
> Doug
>
> Doug Newcomb
> USFWS
> Raleigh, NC
> 919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newc...@fws.gov
>
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