On 28-Feb-07, at 11:06 AM, Bob Basques wrote:
I'm wondering about finding a new home for a Mapping Client Project.
What requirements are there for proposing a new project under the
OSGEO
Umbrella?
I can set up a Physical home for it, but was wondering more about
having
OSGEO handling
Just to add a bit more spice to the discussion. I think the root problem here is a definition amoung open source purists. Jeff Thurston has added some interesting points to his blog (below).
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How Free is Free? How Open is Open?
An interesting discussion is going on within the OSGEO
ross s wrote:
Just to add a bit more spice to the discussion. I think the root
problem here is a definition amoung open source purists. Jeff Thurston
has added some interesting points to his blog (below).
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So? is your ?free? more pure than my ?free?? Is there a ?free-o-meter?
or
On Mar 5, 2007, at 13:26, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
ross s wrote:
Just to add a bit more spice to the discussion. I think the root
problem here is a definition amoung open source purists. Jeff
Thurston has added some interesting points to his blog (below).
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So? is your ?free? more pure
On Mon, March 5, 2007 19:26, Allan Doyle wrote:
On Mar 5, 2007, at 13:26, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
ross s wrote:
Just to add a bit more spice to the discussion. I think the root
problem here is a definition amoung open source purists. Jeff
Thurston has added some interesting points to his
On Mar 5, 2007, at 13:26, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
The lack of understanding of what we mean by free just demonstrates the
need for additional outreach by OSGeo.
I am still trying to get my head around the free and open source concept.
I've been through the Free Software Foundation site and
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Now class! Please pay attention!!
According to the Free Software Foundation
Free software is software that comes with permission for anyone to use,
copy, and distribute, either verbatim or with modifications, either
gratis or for a fee. In particular, this means that source code must be
On Mar 5, 2007, at 14:27, Paul Ramsey wrote:
Au contraire, you'll find the GPL and LGPL duly listed as OSI-
approved licenses here: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/
While the free folks might not like the flexibility displayed by
the open source movement, they can be fully subsumed from a
PS. What is the correct term for software that doesn't cost anything
but
is closed (like MultiSpec and 3DEM)? Freeware?
gratisware
nick
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On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 13:26 -0500, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
ross s wrote:
Just to add a bit more spice to the discussion. I think the root
problem here is a definition amoung open source purists. Jeff Thurston
has added some interesting points to his blog (below).
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So? is your
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