Hi,
I share your fears. But on the other hand, the list of sponsors is not
closed for this year, I know for sure there are open source companies that
are still pending to be shown there. GeoCat for example, being a small SME
in comparison, will do the yearly effort to be a key sponsor proving that
Folks,
We have had this fear in the past.
I remember when Autodesk decided to open Mapguide and some of us were
furious and upset and worried about our community's influence and decisions.
It seems that in the end It was not that important and It does not kill
Mapserver.
Good and open week. (An
I do not think of it as just an emotive response - some business models do
not match our ideals as an organization (requirement to purchase a platform
subscription for services, or an API key for data use). While some
organizations match our ideals, but I do not like the ethics (dumping
software to
Indeed GDAL/OGR uses some ESRI code, example:
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/a1df7cb9df2fe3cbcfac974b434b01ac6a1946e5/gdal/frmts/mrf/JPEG_band.cpp#L21
If you don’t want anyone with competing products, it’ll be a short list, and
somewhat difficult to justify (e.g. OSGeo has lots of softwar
I did write that in a peculiar way didn’t I. :-)
My point was merely, that while one can take a negative stance on corp
sponsorship, it can also be seen as a positive kind of attention. The
perspective changes a lot depending on a closed or open mindset.
I personally find it a good thing, that co
dear barry,
please help me to better understand your position.
If ESRI is "an Open Source company" as you say, if one submits a paper to
FOSS4G 2018 about an application made with ArcGIS and some tools they
publish in their github repo, will this paper be accepted by editors and
reviewers?
I thin
On 25 February 2018 at 19:16, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <
patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> wrote:
> +1 (for ‘not the only one’)
>
> It is good to receive support, I am not contesting that.
>
> But this issue seems worthy of considered discussion.
>
ESRI payed for (I understand from Frank) some of the initia
I am not sure we need the endorsement of others to be taken as serious - we
are being taken serious because we are serious :)
We are also fun, motivated, and out to win.
But our “win” includes everyone :)
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 11:59 AM Hans Gregers Hedegaard Petersen <
greg...@septima.dk> wrote
+1 to Jodys point of view.
If you do not want to end up preaching for the choir, then you have to
welcome others. I would also like to urge people to consider that
“contribution” has many facets.
Having big industry sponsor an event or codecamp, could also be seen as
labelling our conferences and
I think it depends on how you see Open Source But Stefano you're not
the only one...
Maxi
Il 25 feb 2018 19:49, "Luigi Pirelli" ha scritto:
> Not the only one... Sorry
>
> On Sunday, 25 February 2018, Dan Little wrote:
>
>> You are the only one, and serving a very limited perspective.
>>
>
+1 (for ‘not the only one’)
It is good to receive support, I am not contesting that.
But this issue seems worthy of considered discussion.
Even OGC receives considerable funding from ESRI, further complicating the
issue.
[sigh]
-Patrick
P.S.: Curious, was the Lidar compression ‘open standard’ iss
Not the only one... Sorry
On Sunday, 25 February 2018, Dan Little wrote:
> You are the only one, and serving a very limited perspective.
>
> On Feb 25, 2018 08:43, "Stefano Campus" wrote:
>
>> Thank you for your quick reply, Maria.
>> This is certainly my mistake, since I had not noticed it.
>
OSGeo is an advocate for open source and encourage all organizations to
contribute.
Personally I am happy to see ESRI participating, and have watched their
open source game improve with the java geometry library first being
released, and perhaps now accepting contributions.
There is always work t
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I share the same postion of Stefano, Sandro and Andrea. And, above all, in my
opinion, the discussion on this list has to be respectful.
About the specific topic, organising a survey among the Charter Members could
be interesting. In this way we have a clearer picture of our community (I don't
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 3:54 PM, Dan Little
wrote:
> You are the only one, and serving a very limited perspective.
>
I also feel a bit uncomfortable having ESRI sponsor the conference, but I
can see the other side as well.
You should probably run statistics before stating something as harshly as
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 08:54:32AM -0600, Dan Little wrote:
> On Feb 25, 2018 08:43, "Stefano Campus" wrote:
>
> > am I the only one feeling that this sponsorship is
> > not exactly 'normal'?
>
> You are the only one, and serving a very limited perspective.
No, he's not the only one. I also don'
thanks for the info!
s.
Il 25/Feb/2018 04:02 PM, "Dan Little" ha scritto:
> IBM, Google, and I believe even Microsoft have all sponsored various forms
> of the conference over the years. There are commits in repos from ESRI
> employees. Python, gdal, and other projects are used directly in ESR
IBM, Google, and I believe even Microsoft have all sponsored various forms
of the conference over the years. There are commits in repos from ESRI
employees. Python, gdal, and other projects are used directly in ESRI
software. Sponsoring a conference is a pretty small, but visible way, to
show supp
Obviously, as I said before, this is my perspective and I am ready to hear
different opinions and to change mine.
Thank you
s.
Il 25/Feb/2018 03:54 PM, "Dan Little" ha scritto:
You are the only one, and serving a very limited perspective.
On Feb 25, 2018 08:43, "Stefano Campus" wrote:
> T
You are the only one, and serving a very limited perspective.
On Feb 25, 2018 08:43, "Stefano Campus" wrote:
> Thank you for your quick reply, Maria.
> This is certainly my mistake, since I had not noticed it.
> But apart from that, am I the only one feeling that this sponsorship is
> not exac
Thank you for your quick reply, Maria.
This is certainly my mistake, since I had not noticed it.
But apart from that, am I the only one feeling that this sponsorship is
not exactly 'normal'?
Stefano
Il 25/Feb/2018 03:32 PM, "Maria Antonia Brovelli"
ha scritto:
Dear Stefano, this is not a no
They've sponsored every FOSS4G Global since about 2010, except for 2015
(South Korea).
And why not? They are an Open Source company:
http://www.esri.com/software/open/open-source
They use a *lot* of open source software, so its good that they give back.
It does not earn them any power over the co
Dear Stefano, this is not a novelty. It happened also in the previous years
(see the websites of the conferences).
Best,
Maria
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Have a good reading:
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Hi,
I see ESRI is one of the sponsor of FOSS4G 2018.
Do the OSGeo Board and Local Committee think it is appropriate?
Our Romans ancestors used to say: 'Pecunia non olet' (money don't smell)
but sometimes...
Thank you for your reply
Stefano Campus
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