Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What is Openwashing? Is there any examples in GIS Vendors?
Thanks for this information. This looks like misleading marketing/sales from any vendors if most of these "open-source solutions" still *require* a proprietary GIS! Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Barry Rowlingson Sent: Friday, November 2, 2018 10:54 AM To: Suchith Anand Cc: osgeo-discuss; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What is Openwashing? Is there any examples in GIS Vendors? Let's see what the main player has to say about open source: http://www.esriuk.com/software/open/open-source "As part of Esri’s technology and business strategy, we release and support open-source software. We have shared 350+ open-source projects on the developer collaboration platform GitHub. We also provide many focused open-source solutions for customizing and extending ArcGIS." This can be considered "open washing" because most, if not all, of the "open-source solutions" still *require* a proprietary GIS. Its been a while since I nosed round ESRI's github, but this appears to not require ArcGIS: https://github.com/Esri/geometry-api-java has anyone compared its performance with the JTS? - https://github.com/locationtech/jts - assuming its functionality is similar... Barry On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 10:02 AM Suchith Anand wrote: > > I came across this term OpenWashing at http://openwashing.org > > Openwashing: to spin a product or company as open, although it is not. > Derived from 'greenwashing.' > > > Openwashing: n., having an appearance of open-source and open-licensing for > marketing purposes, while continuing proprietary practices. > > > I am trying to understand the impact of this in GIS. Is there any examples of > GIS Vendors using this OpenWashing? > > > Best wishes, > > > Suchith > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored where permitted by law. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What is Openwashing? Is there any examples in GIS Vendors?
Let's see what the main player has to say about open source: http://www.esriuk.com/software/open/open-source "As part of Esri’s technology and business strategy, we release and support open-source software. We have shared 350+ open-source projects on the developer collaboration platform GitHub. We also provide many focused open-source solutions for customizing and extending ArcGIS." This can be considered "open washing" because most, if not all, of the "open-source solutions" still *require* a proprietary GIS. Its been a while since I nosed round ESRI's github, but this appears to not require ArcGIS: https://github.com/Esri/geometry-api-java has anyone compared its performance with the JTS? - https://github.com/locationtech/jts - assuming its functionality is similar... Barry On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 10:02 AM Suchith Anand wrote: > > I came across this term OpenWashing at http://openwashing.org > > Openwashing: to spin a product or company as open, although it is not. > Derived from 'greenwashing.' > > > Openwashing: n., having an appearance of open-source and open-licensing for > marketing purposes, while continuing proprietary practices. > > > I am trying to understand the impact of this in GIS. Is there any examples of > GIS Vendors using this OpenWashing? > > > Best wishes, > > > Suchith > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and > attachment. > > Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not > necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored > where permitted by law. > > > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] What is Openwashing? Is there any examples in GIS Vendors?
I came across this term OpenWashing at http://openwashing.org Openwashing: to spin a product or company as open, although it is not. Derived from 'greenwashing.' Openwashing: n., having an appearance of open-source and open-licensing for marketing purposes, while continuing proprietary practices. I am trying to understand the impact of this in GIS. Is there any examples of GIS Vendors using this OpenWashing? Best wishes, Suchith This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored where permitted by law. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
