Thanks Suchith....I love your passion! On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:37 PM, Suchith Anand < [email protected]> wrote:
> Kiringai and all, > > Thanks to all who send your feedbacks from different perspectives to my > query. Openness means being open to different perspectives ,ideas, > viewpoints, cultures and learning and improving to be a better human every > day... We are all part of a big ecosystem all working for Geo. GeoForAll > means Geo for All and we welcome everyone to be part of Openness in > Education. > > The irony is that over 10 years back when i started putting my ideas and > frameworks in place for Open Principles in Science and Education, some of > the propertiery GIS vendors and thier supporters were laughing at me and > doing thier best indirectly to stop me , but now it seems they are all > working overtime trying to be Ambassodors of Openness! Imitation is the > sincerest form of flattery . What amazing changes happening and OSGeo has > done great work to accelerate the pace of Open in all directions. I > welcome all to be part of the Open movement. > > One thing is clear . The Future of Geo is Open. > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > > ________________________________________ > From: Kiringai Kamau <[email protected]> > Sent: 23 March 2017 4:28 AM > To: Anand Suchith > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to > market thier properitery product as Open ? > > Dear Suchith, > > My opinion is that OSGeo defines the value chain orientation of open > software to ensure customers. > > This will help customers to understand the elements/components that > are/should be open and which are value added contributions of the vendor. > All value added innovations of the vendor can/should be the revenue stream > that the community can advocate for, and campaign against exploitation of > those that unwittingly become targets of unscrupulous vendors. > > We can then leave the space of determining the value of the value added > contribution to the private treaty of the two with the vendors encouraged > to charge based on the intensity of the value add... > > If a subcommittee on value added innovations goes not exist, then it > behaves us to create one...we do need this very much in Africa. > > Kiringai > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 22 Mar 2017, at 23:15, Suchith Anand <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I have a query. If a properitery GIS vendor starts marketing thier > properitery products as Open platform and software then what rights do the > organisations and customers have who are mislead buying the properitery > software thinking it is open have ? The definision of Proprietary software > [1] is very clearly defined, so how can it be possible for any properitery > GIS vendor to market their software knowingly as open platform if it is > properitery? > > > This also greatly affects the business and revenues of true open source > software companies . Who is responsible for any misleading marketing that > results in losses to both customers who are mislead to buy the properitery > software thinking it is open and also to other companies who do true open > source business who lose out on the business opportunities? Is it right > business ethics to do this? > > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. 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