Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Journal Now Available
Hi Tyler, First of all, congratulations to each contributor of this volume. That was a very nice publication! Then, back to translation topics: I think that translate all OSGEO-News or even part of them, can be very expensive - time and manpower. Of course that institucional articles/texts such as Who is OSGEO, Why OSGEO, How to contrin should be translated to get as much readers as it can. It's just like GPL : it was translated to a lot of languages. But, maybe another way should be to open an international section or Local OSGEO texts to let authors and contributors to write about their local scenarios and situations. Sometimes to translate a case A could not make sense for a reader B who will never see that enviromental or economic situation in his country. Some persons could prefer to write in their own languages and then, to have more freedom to create their own texts. On the other hand, for each local written contrib, at least two local revisors should be available to ensure text quality. best regards, Eduardo Patto Kanegae On 5/16/07, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the enthusiasm. We manage all the files using a subversion repository, so all source code is definitely available. I'm not sure how we could best manage translations using svn. Any suggestions from svn power users out there? Should we make a branch for each language? I'm new at this... Tyler On 16-May-07, at 2:21 AM, Jacolin Yves wrote: Hi, On Wednesday 16 May 2007 11:15:05 Markus Neteler, wrote : [..] I wonder if this is permissive for translations. We need to select a licence (and urgently add it to the site, better also in the PDF) which supports translations. How can we translate this document? As Markus Neteler noted it, is it possible? Can we have access to the file? I don't know if I/we will do it, but some french people are ready to work on some page. Thanks Y. -- Yves Jacolin --- http://softlibre.gloobe.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Tyler Mitchell Executive Director Open Source Geospatial Foundation [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: +1-250-277-1621 M: +1-250-303-1831 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Journal Now Available
Congrats to all contributors! On 5/15/07, Allan Doyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Tyler - this is fantastic! I'm learning a lot already, reading through it. It would be good to clarify the copyright on the journal. Right now, on page 70, it says all articles are copyrighted by the respective authors, and that's probably as it should be. But it's unclear how anyone could reproduce copies of the journal. For instance, is it ok to post a copy on another web site? Is it ok to print 5 copies for a small office? Could the UN print and mail copies to a number of field offices? Can copies be distributed on a CD? etc. etc. I think this could be solved with a CC-Attribution-NoDerivs or maybe the non-commercial version of that license that covers the entire journal issue. (I can't look up the real CC license version, their site seems to be suffering some malady right now). This should be the link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported I wonder if this is permissive for translations. We need to select a licence (and urgently add it to the site, better also in the PDF) which supports translations. Here is the shopping list of license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Markus Then people could print entire copies but would have to get permission from the authors to make copies of individual articles. Allan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Journal Now Available
2007/5/16, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 15-May-07, at 1:06 PM, Helton Uchoa wrote: Is there any information about permission for publish in another language? Good question. Before I tackle the republishing rights question, I'd like to know if there are any others out there who are hoping to translate some/all of the Journal? I think I can work together with Helton in the Portuguese translation. -- Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX -22.915 -42.224 = GG86jc Debian GNU/Linux = http://rj.debianbrasil.org = http://www.debian.org http://www.kombato.org - Seja seu próprio guarda-costas ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Journal Now Available
This may be a good time to mention a thread that Tyler and I discussed a month ago with respect to the OSGeo Journal. I suggested that we explore the option of having 2-4 peer reviewed science type journal articles in future editions in addition to the project updates and other types of articles, and I volunteered to help coordinate the peer-review process. I'd be interested to know what others think of this. Would anyone else find it useful to have a FOSS4G oriented peer-reviewed journal article outlet? Anyone else to volunteer for a peer review process? (Tyler are you still interested in this idea?) - Dan On 5/16/07, Paulo Marcondes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/5/16, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 15-May-07, at 1:06 PM, Helton Uchoa wrote: Is there any information about permission for publish in another language? Good question. Before I tackle the republishing rights question, I'd like to know if there are any others out there who are hoping to translate some/all of the Journal? I think I can work together with Helton in the Portuguese translation. -- Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX -22.915 -42.224 = GG86jc Debian GNU/Linux = http://rj.debianbrasil.org = http://www.debian.org http://www.kombato.org - Seja seu próprio guarda-costas -- Daniel P. Ames, PhD, PE Dept of Geosciences Idaho State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.hydromap.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Journal Now Available
Hi Dan, It is an interesting idea. Although, I think some thought would need to be put into the scope of the articles that would be a fit for this outlet. Would the focus be on scientific analysis that happened to be carried out using FOSS4G products, or would it be about software tools specifically developed to carryout scientific analyses? What would be the discipline scope of the articles? Could your paper on a study of the impact of irrigation run-off in the Snake River water shed be next to mine on my new model for retail site location that addresses demand from local residential and workforce population, along with demand from mobile customers (allowing us to have a hydrology and a marketing paper side-by-side)? In any event, I'm very interested in the idea, and would be willing to be part of a committee on the topic, which seems like the logical next step if there is any interest. Dan On 16-May-07, at 11:12 AM, Daniel Ames wrote: This may be a good time to mention a thread that Tyler and I discussed a month ago with respect to the OSGeo Journal. I suggested that we explore the option of having 2-4 peer reviewed science type journal articles in future editions in addition to the project updates and other types of articles, and I volunteered to help coordinate the peer-review process. I'd be interested to know what others think of this. Would anyone else find it useful to have a FOSS4G oriented peer-reviewed journal article outlet? Anyone else to volunteer for a peer review process? (Tyler are you still interested in this idea?) - Dan On 5/16/07, Paulo Marcondes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/5/16, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 15-May-07, at 1:06 PM, Helton Uchoa wrote: Is there any information about permission for publish in another language? Good question. Before I tackle the republishing rights question, I'd like to know if there are any others out there who are hoping to translate some/all of the Journal? I think I can work together with Helton in the Portuguese translation. -- Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX -22.915 -42.224 = GG86jc Debian GNU/Linux = http://rj.debianbrasil.org = http://www.debian.org http://www.kombato.org - Seja seu próprio guarda-costas -- Daniel P. Ames, PhD, PE Dept of Geosciences Idaho State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.hydromap.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Journal Now Available
On 5/16/07, Daniel Ames [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may be a good time to mention a thread that Tyler and I discussed a month ago with respect to the OSGeo Journal. I suggested that we explore the option of having 2-4 peer reviewed science type journal articles in future editions in addition to the project updates and other types of articles, and I volunteered to help coordinate the peer-review process. I'd be interested to know what others think of this. Would anyone else find it useful to have a FOSS4G oriented peer-reviewed journal article outlet? Anyone else to volunteer for a peer review process? (Tyler are you still interested in this idea?) - Dan Something like Source Code for Biology and Medicine http://www.scfbm.org/ comes to mind which is an Open Access Journal. Markus ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Journal Now Available
It is my pleasure to announce that Volume 1 of the OSGeo Journal is now available for your reading pleasure! http://www.osgeo.org/journal/volume1 This is the first volume of the new Journal and includes many interesting articles, news and updates from our open source communities. We already have some content ready for Volume 2 and have learned many lessons along the way that will help the next volume be even better. A big thanks to the editorial team for their hard work in pulling it all together and to all the great contributions we received from writers, developers, users and project teams. I'm excited to see that we can promote projects, educate readers and provide news/info all in our own professional publication. I hope you enjoy it! Sincerely, Tyler p.s. Please note that the Journal has an official ISSN number (1994-1897) that you can cite in your formal bibliographic references. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Journal Now Available
Thanks Tyler - this is fantastic! I'm learning a lot already, reading through it. It would be good to clarify the copyright on the journal. Right now, on page 70, it says all articles are copyrighted by the respective authors, and that's probably as it should be. But it's unclear how anyone could reproduce copies of the journal. For instance, is it ok to post a copy on another web site? Is it ok to print 5 copies for a small office? Could the UN print and mail copies to a number of field offices? Can copies be distributed on a CD? etc. etc. I think this could be solved with a CC-Attribution-NoDerivs or maybe the non-commercial version of that license that covers the entire journal issue. (I can't look up the real CC license version, their site seems to be suffering some malady right now). Then people could print entire copies but would have to get permission from the authors to make copies of individual articles. Allan On May 15, 2007, at 10:54, Tyler Mitchell wrote: It is my pleasure to announce that Volume 1 of the OSGeo Journal is now available for your reading pleasure! http://www.osgeo.org/journal/volume1 This is the first volume of the new Journal and includes many interesting articles, news and updates from our open source communities. We already have some content ready for Volume 2 and have learned many lessons along the way that will help the next volume be even better. A big thanks to the editorial team for their hard work in pulling it all together and to all the great contributions we received from writers, developers, users and project teams. I'm excited to see that we can promote projects, educate readers and provide news/info all in our own professional publication. I hope you enjoy it! Sincerely, Tyler p.s. Please note that the Journal has an official ISSN number (1994-1897) that you can cite in your formal bibliographic references. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Allan Doyle +1.781.433.2695 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
