Great! This is a crisp and clear answer. Just Ignore my first reaction to contact FSF I just send to the mailing list... and please keep us informed.
D. On 21-09-15 12:44, Jo Cook wrote: > Brilliant, > > I'd be happy to see that blogpost published as a rebuttal. > > Jo > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Martin Isenburg > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hello, > > We (Oliver and me) had contacted the (new) editor (Roland Mangold > who is cc-ed) last week and suggested to use the contents of this > blog article > > > http://odoepner.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/lidar-news-publishes-uninformed-gpl-rant/ > > authored by Oliver Doepner as a factual rebuttal of Lewis Graham's > FUD rant on GPL/LGPL for publishing in the next issue of the LiDAR > Magazine (the two-month ago rebranded LiDAR News magazine). I have > no final word from the Roland yet but our communication suggested > that this would happen. Please check Oliver's column for any errors > (should you care) so he can correct them prior to this being published. > > Regards, > > Martin @rapidlasso > > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Jo Cook > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I think this is something that we at OSGeo should definitely > respond to. Perhaps we could contact the magazine and explain > that there were some factual errors in the article, and ask for > a chance to respond? > > Jo > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Johan Van de Wauw > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Martin Isenburg > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Another curious thing is that I (and the open source > license LGPL) was > > attacked vehemently in a recent column called "Open Source > Mania" by Lewis > > Graham that was published in the LiDAR News magazine. > Viewer discretion > > advised and parental guidance suggested ... you will not > like this FUD > > attack: > > > > > > http://www.lidarmag.com/PDF/LiDARNewsMagazine_Graham-OpenSourceMania_Vol5No4.pdf > > > > I read the article and there are a lot of statements there > which are false. > " if you touch a piece of GPL code with the nine foot pole of > launching it with a Python script, that script must now be > GPLed" > not true > > "Suppose you have developed some very, very clever algorithm > on which > you and your university have applied for a patent. If you > have coded > your algorithm and used any GPL whatsoever, you just GPLed your > patent. The patent rights effectively transfer to the Open > Software > Foundation for free distribution." > > Completely untrue. The Open Software Foundation does not > exist. You > don't transfer patent rights at all. A well known > counter-example is > the algortihm for MP3, where the code (lame) was released > under LGPL. > > I think as OSGeo we should reply to the statements, this is > an attack > on our community. Perhaps we can ask someone from the Free > Software > Foundation Europe to help write a response? > > Kind Regards, > Johan > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > ***Jo Cook* > Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, > Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK > t:+44 7930 524 155 <tel:%2B44%207930%20524%20155> > iShare - Data integration and publishing platform > <http://www.isharemaps.com/> > > ***************************************** > > Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and > Wales. Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, > KT19 8LN VAT no. 864201149. > > > > > > -- > ***Jo Cook* > Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, > KT18 7RL, UK > t:+44 7930 524 155 > iShare - Data integration and publishing platform > <http://www.isharemaps.com/> > > ***************************************** > > Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. > Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. > 864201149. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Yours sincerely, ir. Dirk Frigne CEO Geosparc n.v. Brugsesteenweg 587 B-9030 Ghent Tel: +32 9 236 60 18 GSM: +32 495 508 799 http://www.geomajas.org http://www.geosparc.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
