Thanks Patrick for surfacing this. Yes, this should be opened up for scrutiny by the entire community and we should all weigh in.
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Suchith Anand < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I believe the OSGeo Board need > to look into this and prepare a position paper with inputs from the > community as this has wider implications. This also need to be discussed > with like minded organisations. We all can provide the needed support for > this. > > Jeff and OSGeo Board - please add this to the next month Board meeting's > agenda items. Thanks. > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [ > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Lene Fischer [ > [email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 6:29 PM > To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ > clone” by ESRI > > +1 > > > Lene Fischer > Associate Professor > > Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management > University of Copenhagen > > MOB +45 40115084 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > [cid:[email protected]] > > > > Fra: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] På vegne af Hogan, Patrick > (ARC-PX) > Sendt: 27. februar 2015 18:48 > Til: [email protected] > Emne: [Ica-osgeo-labs] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by > ESRI > > Dear OSGEO, > For what our good name is worth. . . > Do we have an opinion on something so essential as an open standard for a > data format? > Speak now, or forever hand over your wallet. Individual and collective > response encouraged. > > Can OSGEO provide a short position paper commenting on our values? I.e., > “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all [data] are created > equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable > Rights, that among these [is Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Openness].” > > The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by ESRI > http://rapidlasso.com/2015/02/22/lidar-las-asprs-esri-and-the-laz-clone/ > > [First paragraph] > We are concerned about ESRI’s next moves in forcing yet another > proprietary format into wide-spread deployment. Forwarded emails, retold > conversations, and personal experiences suggest that sneaky tactics< > http://rapidlasso.com/2014/11/06/keeping-esri-honest/> are being used to > disrupt the harmony in open LiDAR formats that we have enjoyed for many > years. > [cid:[email protected]] > > Thanks much, > -Patrick > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Project Manager > NASA World Wind > (650) 604-5656 (office) > (650) 269-2788 (cell) > > > > > -- Puneet Kishor Manager, Science and Data Policy Creative Commons
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