Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier properitery product as Open ?

2017-03-23 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear all, In all countries of the OECD marketing practices are regulated in one way or another. For instance, if I sell ear rings made out of lead I can not claim they are made of silver. In some cases this sort of distinction is not easy, as is the case with "open source" or "open". In the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] (no subject)

2017-03-29 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear all, In my experience maintenance and operational costs are far higher with proprietary software than with open source. With some licenced products operational costs are actually the largest slice of the budget. But well, that is only the experience of a single individual. However, in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier properitery product as Open ?

2017-04-15 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
agree! How could we approach this for open source software? (sorry for my late reaction, just returned from a longer holiday break ...) Dirk. On 23-03-17 09:30, Luí­s Moreira de Sousa wrote: > Dear all, > > In all countries of the OECD marketing practices are regulated in one > wa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Where to hire a FOSS4G freelane developer?

2017-05-11 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Thank you all the replies. Perhaps the portfolio page should be more visible in the home page; or perhaps with a more explicit name. Cheers. -- Luís Moreira de Sousa Im Grund 6 CH-8600 Dübendorf Switzerland Phone: +41 (0)79 812 62 65 Email: luis.de.so...@protonmail.ch URL:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Where to hire a FOSS4G freelane developer?

2017-05-11 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Hi everyone, Is there any resource within the OSGeo cosmos to help hiring freelance developers from our community? For instance, an index of folk certified by Arnulf? A quick web search only comes up with general freelance websites. Thank you. -- Luís Moreira de Sousa Im Grund 6 CH-8600

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and Education for building a better world for everyone

2017-06-21 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear Suchith, My only comment at this would be on the "digital divide". To what does it refer exactly? Is it obvious to everyone that may come read this pledge? Regards. -- Luís Moreira de Sousa Im Grund 6 CH-8600 Dübendorf Switzerland Phone: +41 (0)79 812 62 65 Email:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomiations 2017

2017-10-08 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear all, I would like to second the nominations of María Arias de Reyna and Astrid Emde to the OSGeo board. From personal interactions at FOSS4G conferences and following their work online, I am convinced they can both deliver the leadership we need at OSGeo. Best regards. -- Luís Moreira

[OSGeo-Discuss] Nominations to second

2017-09-01 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear all, I would like to second the nominations for charter member the individuals listed below. All of them I met at one time or other and all strike me as true OSGeo advocates. . Jorge Samuel Mendes de Jesus . Eva Jelínková . Patrick Hogan . Bart van den Eijnden . Joana Simões . Tõnis Kärdi

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Special Issue: Open Source Geospatial Software

2017-11-12 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear Marco, This would be an interesting venue to submit an article on PyWPS. However, the PyWPS project is entirely based on voluntary contributions, therefore we have no financial means to pay the 840 € required to publish in this journal. Would a waiver be considered for our case? Thank

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My feelings about board elections

2017-10-30 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear Sanghee, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. As an European I find it useful to get these "showers of reality" everyone once in a while; it is easy to forget how fortunate one may be for being born in this part of the world. I trust the elected board and the OSGeo community at large to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] osgeo board request world wind consider joining the foundation

2018-06-11 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear Patrick, I am a member of the PyWPS PSC, a project that graduated just recently. PyWPS was in active incubation for 3 years; it was indeed a long process, but along the way it was generally clear what we were missing to reach the finish line. I would suggest the Worldwind PSC to share the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] osgeo board request world wind consider joining the foundation

2018-06-12 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
SA-NASA WorldWind as part of OSGeo by default. > > Now my tenure is about up, so into the sunset I go, wishing more for the > world. > > -phoga...@yahoo.com > > From: Luí­s Moreira de Sousa [mailto:luis.de.so...@protonmail.ch] > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 8:46 AM >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Did you know about this? Microsoft is acquiring GitHub

2018-06-04 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Just saying, Gitea is hosted at GitHub: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea Cheers. ​-- Luís Moreira de Sousa Bowlespark 8 6701 DN Wageningen The Netherlands Phone: +31 628 544 755 Email: luis.de.so...@protonmail.ch RingID: ring:7ca91d83f4f9dec82fec9f1144b8e5c1ef2a110c URL:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Service Provider Directory down?

2018-02-05 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear all, what happened to the Service Provider Directory? The wiki is presently pointing to http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile , but that is a dead link. Is the directory really down, or it is just a URL glitch? Thank you. ​ -- Luís Moreira de Sousa Bowlespark 8 6701 DN Wageningen The

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Service Provider Directory down?

2018-02-05 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
On Feb 5, 2018 09:43, "Luí­s Moreira de Sousa" <luis.de.so...@protonmail.ch> > wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> what happened to the Service Provider Directory? The wiki is presently >> pointing to http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile , but that is a dead

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS for Application Schema development

2018-08-15 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear all, I would like to develop a GML application schema [0] from an existing domain model. This is essentially an XSD file that can later be used by a WFS server like GeoServer. I am only aware of the Geospatial extension to Enterprise Architect [0], a tool that costs tens of thousands of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS for Application Schema development

2018-08-15 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
ALE? > > https://www.wetransform.to/products/halestudio/ > > Best regards, > > Bart > > On 15-08-18 12:40, Luí­s Moreira de Sousa wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I would like to develop a GML application schema [0] from an existing domain >> model.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS for Application Schema development

2018-08-20 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear Ben, I have worked with Papyrus for nearly a decade. I developed DSMLs on it and Eclipse-integrated code generators using MOFM2T supported by Acceleo. It is a rather powerful tool, and quite deep, which I imagine is the reason why some folk do not fancy it. I find it tragic to have what

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS for Application Schema development

2018-08-20 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear Kyu-sung, I was not aware it was possible to close threads at this list. Please leave it open, as it appears the discussion is just starting. Thank you. -- Luís Moreira de Sousa Email: luis.de.so...@protonmail.ch RingID: ring:7ca91d83f4f9dec82fec9f1144b8e5c1ef2a110c URL:

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G-Europe 2018

2018-03-13 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear all, The Local Organisation Committee invites you to submit abstracts for the 2018 FOSS4G-Europe conference. This edition of the European FOSS4G will take place in the historical city of Guimarães, in the north of Portugal, between the 17th and de 18th of July. The conference will take

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G-Europe submission deadline reminder: 20th of April

2018-04-20 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear all, a gentle reminder of the approaching deadline for abstract submissions to the FOSS4G-Europe conference, in two days, this Friday. For all the details please consult the call for abstracts. Happy writing! The Local Organisation Committee of FOSS4G-Europe

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G-Europe: Academic track deadline adjourned

2018-04-21 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear Community, at the behest of various members, the LOC has decided to adjourn the submission deadline for the Academic Track of the coming FOSS4G-Europe. The new date is now Wednesday, the 25th of April. We hope this extension can accommodate the abstracts still in preparation. Happy

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Board Nominations

2018-11-12 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Hi Vasile, I am in favour, if I am able to vote in this decision. Cheers. -- Luís Moreira de Sousa Email: luis.de.so...@protonmail.ch RingID: ring:7ca91d83f4f9dec82fec9f1144b8e5c1ef2a110c URL: https://ldesousa.github.io Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hall of Fame

2018-11-14 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Ditto. GRASS is over 30 years old, MapServer, GDAL and PROJ are over 20 years old. An OSGeo Pantheon would be the right homage to all those that made FOSS4G what it is today, but are no longer among us. Cheers. -- Luís Moreira de Sousa Email: luis.de.so...@protonmail.ch RingID:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Sharing open data

2018-10-03 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear all, I wonder if there is a recommendable hub to share spatial data. These are not scientific data, just some vector files that may useful for Cartography. Thank you. -- Luís Moreira de Sousa URL: https://ldesousa.github.io Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure

[OSGeo-Discuss] Announcing PyWPS 4.2

2018-12-23 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Dear all, for many holiday season means working on the projects they enjoy most. PyWPS is no exception, the PSC has just approved release 4.2. It is a minor version, but with some major improvements and many bug fixes: http://pywps.org/2018/12/20/pywps-4.2.0-released.html Merry Christmas. --

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My last letter as President

2019-12-06 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Hi Maria, thank you for all your dedication these years as board member. You were truly inspiring, and many times made me look at things from an entirely different perspective. There was much to learn from you. And best wishes for the newly elected board members. There is great talent and

Fw: Re: Change in mailing list configuration

2024-01-12 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
Please read below, in addition to my questions, I note that with the new setup my e-mail application no longer replies automatically to the list. Thank you. -- Luís Sent with Proton Mail secure email. --- Forwarded Message --- From: Luí­s Moreira de Sousa Date: On Friday, 12 January

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Cyber Resilience Act statement

2023-11-03 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa via Discuss
Hi there, thank you to the board for going through with this initiative. While it may seem there is little time left to influence the process, it is still very important to let your MEPs know of your concerns. We all benefit if the open source community at large makes it clear it is sentient

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo in the Fediverse

2022-04-27 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa via Discuss
Dear all, if you never heard of the Fediverse, or if not sure what it is, there are a few links to introductory videos at the end of this message. I would like to open the discussion on how to create an OSGeo presence in the Fediverse. The reasoning is simple: it should be possible to follow

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] EU Cyber Resilience Act - potential impacts on open geospatial software?

2023-08-03 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa via Discuss
Dear all, hours ago, Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal and TYPO3 published an open letter on the CRA painting a scenario similar to the worst case I put forth here last week. Not only are FOSS projects threatened, thousands of European SMEs will either perish or move on to wholesale commercial

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] EU Cyber Resilience Act - potential impacts on open geospatial software?

2023-07-28 Thread Luí­s Moreira de Sousa via Discuss
Dear all, here I offer yet another perspective on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), whose full impact remains poorly understood in our community (not the least by me). My general impression from the draft legislation is it being written by folk that are either unfamiliar with, or do not