Blammo wrote:
I'm not sure what to do about the monetary aspects of the Standards participation.
What is needed is the equivalent of an "angel investor": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_investors By that what I mean is a corporate entity that will step forward and setup a model where money that would otherwise be spent on memberships in standards bodies, etc., is put into a business model whereby the money funds things like infrastructure, grants to individuals or companies to provide resources to work on reference implementations of standards, legal fees to make sure that nobody can monopolize the results of the process, etc. Such corporate entities have to be forward thinking, and can gain competitive advantages in terms of good will, being involved with a wide spectrum of development and intellectual talent, and maybe even attracting some 'anti-establishment types' to work for 'their team' ;-) -- Dave Patton Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence Project http://www.confluence.org/ Personal website - Maps, GPS, etc. http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss