Hi all,
This is exactly what I had in mind.
We cannot really worry that people might think we are promoting
proprietary software, that is not the case.
We can worry that someone might find a way to sue us for using their
brand in our promotional materials....
Don't forget that "Microsoft loves Linux" these days but they still
threat to sue whoever does not pay "Android fees" to them....
Best,
Angelos
On 09/21/2017 11:28 AM, Sanghee Shin wrote:
Hi all,
Let’s go back to the legal issues. ESRI provides its clear guidelines about how
to use its products name, web link and logo here:
http://www.esri.com/legal/weblink-logoagreement. Please read through the
license agreement. I don’t think we can meet all the terms and conditions
provided by ESRI.
Cheers,
신상희
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Shin, Sanghee
Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
www.gaia3d.com
보낸 사람: Sandro Santilli
보낸 날짜: 2017년 9월 21일 목요일 오후 5:19
받는 사람: Jody Garnett
참조: OSGeo Discussions; Helmut Kudrnovsky; OSGeo-Marketing
제목: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Marketing] Proprietary GIS on our OSGeo website
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 08:33:05PM -0700, Jody Garnett wrote:
How much of your initial concern was providing a link? Or is it just
displaying the name (switching to MapInfo for the example here). It would
be kind of nice if the it behaved like a keyword, and linked to the project
page short listing all the projects that one can migrate to from MapInfo.
It's different degrees of annoyance. I guess a brand-less and
link-less list of names of proprietary products would not be too
"offensive" for me (assuming spam filtering lets it pass) but I'd
still prefer an hidden keyword. Something that you never see written
but is recognized by the search engine to give you back a similar
software: you search for <proprietary> you get <free>.
The "like Photoshop, only better" motto I like even when it contains
the name because it explicitly bashes it :)
--strk;
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