Hi Martin,
just from the first few lines he is confusing "open source" and "free
software" so
so if he's not intentionally messing up to create confusion, "fear,
uncertainty and doubt" (FUD strategy)
he has *no clue of what he is talking about*; tell him;
Il 15/06/2015 14.43, Martin Isenburg ha scritto:
Hello folks,
for years I have enjoyed reading Lewis Graham's "Random Points" column
in the LiDAR News magazine. I usually get some novel insight or come
across a thought-provoking new concept and this month's column is
especially interesting. It mashes up the ongoing "LAZ clone" conflict
that asks to keep LiDAR stored in "open formats" with the practically
related but conceptually independent "open source" software movement.
The article revives Steve Ballmers “Linux is a cancer” mantra it talks
about how the GPL license is a "time-bomb" and makes Asia Air Survey -
the gold sponsor of QGIS - appear blue-eyed in their support of such a
"viral license". But it is probably best you read the entire two pages
for yourself.
http://twitter.com/LAStools/status/610057423672471552
As Lewis' opinions are regarded highly by the LiDAR and photogrammetry
industries (myself included) and as the first few paragraphs of this
widely-circulated LiDAR magazine article are a complete distortion of
my personal motivation on "open formats" that will directly hurt my
professional reputation, I have little choice but to respond with a
correction to his column. Let me know if you have any errata on Lewis'
comments about the danger of open source licenses that you want me to
include.
Regards,
Martin @rapidlasso
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