Geospatial Liberation Front
On 2/1/06, Allan Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OGC was originally OGF. > > Open GRASS Foundation -> Open GIS Consortium -> Open Geospatial Consortium > > I don't think Open Geo Foundation is distinct enough from Open > Geospatial Consortium > > Allan > > On 2/1/06, Blammo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All, > > > > Just to mix it up a bit. (and it's probably been said already, I can't > > believe I just came up with it) > > > > How about : > > > > "Open Geo Foundation" - OGF > > > > I didn't do any comprehensive searches, but a quick Google doesn't turn up > > anything confusing for OGF > > > > It's short, not cute at all, says it all, and seems to address everything > > I've read this morning. > > > > bobb > > > > > > > > > > Frank Warmerdam wrote: > > On 2/1/06, Tyler Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I also think that "open source" carries some weight but some of it is 'bad' > > weight. There are very ambitious marketing campaigns that malign "open > > source" and other campaigns that seem to aim to twist the term "open" until > > it is meaningless. While open source is a central philosophy to the > > foundation, it is something we identify with, but not something we need to > > cling to for identifying us. Our projects will have plenty of merits apart > > from our licensing philosophy. > > > > Tyler, > > > > In my opinion "Open Source" or "Free (as in freedom)" is the > > fundamental philosophy of the foundation. As much as some > > might try and malign open source, I don't think we can in way > > shy away from it. It may not need to be in the name, but it needs > > to be in the first paragraph on the web site. > > > > Furthermore, if it came down to an acronym type name, I > > would *much* prefer OSGF (Open Source Geospatial Foundation) > > to OGSF (Open Geospatial Software Foundation) as the later > > loses the assurance that the software is truely free. Open is > > easily abused, but "Open Source" can be given a specific meaning > > by reference to the OSD (Open Source Definition). > > > > To further stress this point, I think it ought to be written into the > > "constitution" that the foundation itself only adopts projects that > > have OSI approved licenses, and that the foundation board > > shall not have the power to alter foundation owned code to a non > > OSI license. > > > > I think it is rare that I get sticky about FOSS political correctness > > but as we set down the bedrock of our foundation I think it is > > important to have this principle clear. > > > > Best regards, > > -- > > ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- > > I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam > > and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent > > > > _______________________________________________ > > discuss mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.mapserverfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > >
