I would prefer to keep this focused on our concrete responsibilities
and the actual impact on the distribution of OSGeo software rather than
That's very fine with me. I was just dropping examples.
Thanks also a lot for your well formulated and written answer which
already clarifys a lot.
For the rest I will patiently wait for a board decision.
think it is better for us to follow established practice in other well
managed projects (like Apache), and to avoid taking on any restrictions
that we aren't clearly mandated to adopt. For instance, I suspect that
PS. I would note that download.osgeo.org supports mirroring using rsync.
I would encourage local chapters or individuals with their own servers
to consider mirroring the download server for the sake of fast local
access, and to ensure no one can take anything away. See:
I think Debian has developed good practice, too. I mean, they have
general and non-use repositories. They leave it up to the user to comply
with these.
BTW, politicians in Europe also start to wrongly national safety and
civil rights/digital rights. Germany just passed their online
investigation law this week...
Also good that you highlight the importance to check the policy of the
code hoster and their anticipated understanding of "not doing evil".
Kind regards,
Marco
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