Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Supporting Standards
Il 07/09/2012 02:49, Michael P. Gerlek ha scritto: [added standards mailing list back to the distribution list] Quoting all of item 4, to put Stefano's quote in context: Standards specifications are made accessible to all for implementation and deployment. Affirming standards organizations have defined procedures to develop specifications that can be implemented under fair terms. Given market diversity, fair terms may vary from royalty-free to fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms (FRAND). I'm pretty pragmatic about this stuff, so I see this as a perfectly reasonable position for an organization to take. Two months have passed since this last comment by Michael. I was wondering if any decision has been taken about this? It may be also useful to look at this MoU http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Source_and_Open_Standards where no mention of FRAND is found (quite the opposite I would say). Ciao steko ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Supporting Standards
WISECRACKThe Good Lord must love standards - She made so many of them!/WISECRACK ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Supporting Standards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Folks, one item on the OGC Architecture Board meeting agenda today was to look at this web site: http://open-stand.org/principles/ - From my perspective the principles listed here are very much aligned with our goals and nicely worded. So my suggestion is to support this initiative as an organization [1]. Let's have a dialog here and if we come to the conclusion that we want to officially endorse this submit a motion to the board for their next meeting. Cheers, Arnulf [1] http://open-stand.org/stand-with-us/ - -- Seven of Nine http://arnulf.us/Seven Exploring Body, Space and Mind -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlBIwMAACgkQXmFKW+BJ1b3aBwCfbLsyPwZ1r7f3CzcPsRbumh2v MlAAn0ajzfp0nB/oxjbxi5WwyNXME9Cv =zr31 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Supporting Standards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Il 06/09/2012 17:26, Seven (aka Arnulf) ha scritto: Folks, one item on the OGC Architecture Board meeting agenda today was to look at this web site: http://open-stand.org/principles/ - From my perspective the principles listed here are very much aligned with our goals and nicely worded. So my suggestion is to support this initiative as an organization [1]. Let's have a dialog here and if we come to the conclusion that we want to officially endorse this submit a motion to the board for their next meeting. I'm a bit worried by the vague wording of those principles. More in detail, point 4 is crucial, stating that: fair terms may vary from royalty-free to fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms (FRAND). See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#RAND for some background of why this is problematic for free and open source software (our mission, I believe). Ciao steko -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJQSMbAAAoJEDBz7sDeHMxYmdMP/RKaJVCdeYp9JV87uG7B7cev iOxF2nNt8G3Jhc+Yd4G3riiMxs+RTKiA1aDAjKnpuo3udBTTcVuuwB02b9oVKikX hb178cFC3vI0AAKAmMeOZEXpMF74L8H6IOwrz4XxaOesYxjL/Cxx59GeNO//pSIb zC0PvYI1lharjaLNKFLG1/dkobFEq6/6Qj6iTRPpOCryGcXwg95H4sWdP2mK+Cyr MD43/ycHag2GpWoYrov4OxjX6MSQnFYSs9H6pkibEQAMYz3PxSiCpdxNSjrp+uk5 6L9wbOeWLW2tJJcFZSkzxa7GZrwrKsyzSS8+TAsPHs556HCkqQNHIzwDlKLVzZa2 Y32CaLVqrhSoP4k6xvw+B3ZbcvQ+nz5yaxt7Q/Kue0+rEepmcdduoIultv48Y9dI +8mgHGl5TFpeB2Y6JeiqlokcJw7uflZxUFYflgylkwn34C1x3qSvk9VdFfdL8pII 3ErbAWLOmKAcT44+7Q4O6ubacrLLJhLzhkbuvOWscBDGMTr5SsGHjPYmwOHhW707 kUQ6rKZfVWcmCYX6ip7RhM52HMKxpVcFwucCNzsn+f+cIEzsIgplO+ymgjOcparF vPMmZy4SauRZBtpZkiOEAxy5y2/jd2xQyWbAZQrarqJ6gwULdb/hyO5jmomVmBnh zBkMdeA3tLCyxI52CQjO =vBan -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Supporting Standards
[added standards mailing list back to the distribution list] Quoting all of item 4, to put Stefano's quote in context: Standards specifications are made accessible to all for implementation and deployment. Affirming standards organizations have defined procedures to develop specifications that can be implemented under fair terms. Given market diversity, fair terms may vary from royalty-free to fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms (FRAND). I'm pretty pragmatic about this stuff, so I see this as a perfectly reasonable position for an organization to take. -mpg On Sep 6, 2012, at 8:52 AM, Stefano Costa st...@iosa.it wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Il 06/09/2012 17:26, Seven (aka Arnulf) ha scritto: Folks, one item on the OGC Architecture Board meeting agenda today was to look at this web site: http://open-stand.org/principles/ - From my perspective the principles listed here are very much aligned with our goals and nicely worded. So my suggestion is to support this initiative as an organization [1]. Let's have a dialog here and if we come to the conclusion that we want to officially endorse this submit a motion to the board for their next meeting. I'm a bit worried by the vague wording of those principles. More in detail, point 4 is crucial, stating that: fair terms may vary from royalty-free to fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms (FRAND). See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#RAND for some background of why this is problematic for free and open source software (our mission, I believe). Ciao steko ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
