On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 4:49 PM Jody Garnett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry I was tired, I am proposing changes on this email thread as I want > to get the words right, as an example "found code" not working for you to > communicate these community / extensions modules. Any other ideas for a > "catchy name" ... > > Missing from this was my personal feedback: > - For everything written as a GeoServer extension I believe the approach > you outline will work fine and I am +1 to the approach > - For incorporating random GPL code found on the internet I think we are > stuck (due to our license having an exception to the GPL), not a down check > we just need to be aware of the limits > I think the proposal is explicit about requiring module here... but I > aside: For the elastic search there are to problems a) lack of CLA b) use > of government code. Rant: *Especially for American government it is the > "public domain" part making it inconvenient to work with; NGA tried to work > out how to sign something with OSGeo but they got stuck. These CLAs are > about "owner" providing permission, setting projects up to use copyright to > enforce open source license. Public domain messes with that making open > source license hard to enforce. Work around in geotools is to have an > individual copy the content into the project, but after a while that ends > up being us developers so it is not a sustainable approach.* > I'm having troubles following up here. Does it mean that even relaxing the the requirements they could not contribute? And yet, I see in their repository, in the gt-elatiscsearch module: https://github.com/ngageoint/elasticgeo/blob/master/gt-elasticsearch/LICENSE <-- LGPL here However the headers say otherwise (public domain): https://github.com/ngageoint/elasticgeo/blob/master/gt-elasticsearch/src/main/java/mil/nga/giat/data/elasticsearch/ElasticAggregation.java Cheers Andrea == GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit http://goo.gl/it488V for more information. == Ing. Andrea Aime @geowolf Technical Lead GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via di Montramito 3/A 55054 Massarosa (LU) phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 1660272 mob: +39 339 8844549 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it ------------------------------------------------------- *Con riferimento alla normativa sul trattamento dei dati personali (Reg. UE 2016/679 - Regolamento generale sulla protezione dei dati “GDPR”), si precisa che ogni circostanza inerente alla presente email (il suo contenuto, gli eventuali allegati, etc.) è un dato la cui conoscenza è riservata al/i solo/i destinatario/i indicati dallo scrivente. Se il messaggio Le è giunto per errore, è tenuta/o a cancellarlo, ogni altra operazione è illecita. Le sarei comunque grato se potesse darmene notizia. This email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. We remind that - as provided by European Regulation 2016/679 “GDPR” - copying, dissemination or use of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail.*
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