Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Daniel Morissette
Okay, this whole thread did not make sense to me until I digged further in the Google search link that was in the first email. I think the page in question is this one: http://www.osgeo.org/sponsors/autodesk It is safe to say that it should be removed today since Autodesk are no longer

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 2015-10-14 10:49 AM, Sandro Santilli wrote: The tone was "suprised" and "disappointed". Does advertising proprietary software solutions on OSGeo website count as "championing" for its cause ? I wouldn't expect that from my Open Source Compass. Or am I being misleaded by the lack of info on

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Mateusz Loskot
On 14 October 2015 at 16:20, Barry Rowlingson wrote: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Sandro Santilli wrote: > >> The tone was "suprised" and "disappointed". >> >> Does advertising proprietary software solutions >> on OSGeo website count as

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Daniel Morissette
On 2015-10-14 11:34 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Thanks Daniel. Also, you likely saw in your inbox this morning that Mike/Treasurer was asking questions about how to manage the sponsors; please if you have time can you answer him about that? I think he's trying to understand who is a current

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:28:36AM -0300, Jeff McKenna wrote: > Again I am trying to read your tone in your e-mail. I believe you > are now not questioning the accuracy of the list of sponsors on > http://www.osgeo.org/content/sponsorship/sponsors.html but I believe > you are now questioning

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 2015-10-14 12:16 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote: Okay, this whole thread did not make sense to me until I digged further in the Google search link that was in the first email. I think the page in question is this one: http://www.osgeo.org/sponsors/autodesk It is safe to say that it should be

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 03:20:43PM +0100, Barry Rowlingson wrote: > As long as they obey the license terms, I don't think OSGeo should > worry about taking money from PropGeo Corp. OSGeo does not suffer from > Stallmania, an uncontrollable urge to insist all software should be > free. I'm not

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Sandro Santilli wrote: > The tone was "suprised" and "disappointed". > > Does advertising proprietary software solutions > on OSGeo website count as "championing" for its cause ? > I wouldn't expect that from my Open Source Compass. > > Or am I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Andy Anderson
Of course [1] is one reason why Stallman implemented the copyleft requirement: http://opensource.org/faq#copyleft — Andy On Oct 14, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Barry Rowlingson wrote: > As long as they obey the license terms, I don't think OSGeo should > worry

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Alex Mandel
On 10/14/2015 03:07 AM, Sandro Santilli wrote: > Are there no more sponsors for OSGeo, or is the sponsors page broken ? > http://www.osgeo.org/sponsors > > If you ask google, it gives big visibility to AutoDesk as a sponsor: > https://www.google.it/search?q=osgeo+sponsors > Taking you to a page

[OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2016 announced!

2015-10-14 Thread Margherita Di Leo
Dear OSGeo Community, we are pleased to inform you that Google has announced GSoC 2016 [1,2]. In case OSGeo gets accepted as mentoring organisation, we (madi[3]) are considering to admin also this year. If there are more volunteers, this is the right time to show up and contact us, this list, or

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Branding FOSS4G

2015-10-14 Thread Dirk Frigne
@board: Maybe OSGeo should take action to protect it. It is not because OSGeo is an open and inclusive organisation, where membership is free as all the products, tools and libraries, that we shouldn't protect these valuable assets. It is better to protect and grant the use to other

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FORMHub

2015-10-14 Thread Franz-Josef Behr
Dear Ravi, what are the requirements for a website to host any successor for Fonhub? Regards - Franz-Josef ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Sandro, I am trying to understand your tone of your e-mail, but I think you are asking if the sponsors page is accurate/uptodate. This is a good question. I will ask the OSGeo Treasurer for an accurate list of sponsors, and I will update that page. On a bigger picture, OSGeo is always

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 08:52:14AM -0300, Jeff McKenna wrote: > Hi Sandro, > > I am trying to understand your tone of your e-mail, but I think you > are asking if the sponsors page is accurate/uptodate. This is a > good question. I will ask the OSGeo Treasurer for an accurate list > of

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Sandro Santilli
Are there no more sponsors for OSGeo, or is the sponsors page broken ? http://www.osgeo.org/sponsors If you ask google, it gives big visibility to AutoDesk as a sponsor: https://www.google.it/search?q=osgeo+sponsors Taking you to a page (hosted by osgeo) with many links back to proprietary

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-14 Thread Vaclav Petras
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Mateusz Loskot wrote: > > It may be also worth to observe the differences between FOSS vs OSS, > and that there is no mention of "Free" on the http://www.osgeo.org front page. > Please, notice there is OSI, not FSF, logo on >