Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-15 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 2015-10-15 2:16 PM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote: I could not find the link? Perhaps it is just in your region, or the page has now been removed? ___ Maxi, I deleted the page from our/OSGeo drupal instance yesterday. -jeff

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-15 Thread Jody Garnett
> 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 > software solutions (all links seem broken right now). > I could not find the link? Perhaps it is

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

2015-10-15 Thread Massimiliano Cannata
[image: Immagine incorporata 1] 2015-10-15 18:44 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett : > > 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

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

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 >