Arnulf, Mind if I copy/paste your comments below into the comments section for that entry ? Doug
Doug Newcomb USFWS Raleigh, NC 919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newc...@fws.gov --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The opinions I express are my own and are not representative of the official policy of the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service or Dept. of the Interior. Life is too short for undocumented, proprietary data formats. "Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)" <arn...@osgeo.org To > "OSGeo Discussions" Sent by: <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> discuss-boun...@l cc ists.osgeo.org Subject Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] U.S. Department 03/10/2010 09:34 of Interior soliciting Ideas on AM improving business practices Please respond to arn...@osgeo.org; Please respond to OSGeo Discussions <disc...@lists.os geo.org> > > Hi Folks, > The U.S Department of Interior has a website up soliciting ideas for > improvement. Each idea gives registered users options to comment and vote > on suggestions. There is a suggestion posted for the use of open source > software, and I have just posted a suggestion for regular benchmarking of > software ( commercial and open source) for OGC services and processing > large datasets ( comments welcome!) . Doug, thank you for this information. One minor clarification on terminology (I will never tire): Using the wording "commercial and open source" to differentiate proprietary form free/open license models is misguiding as all Open Source software can also be used in commercial contexts and is thus also "commercial software". This has recently been clarified by the US Department of Defense available in a document [1], attachment 2 on page 5, §2 a): "In almost all cases, OSS meets the definition of “commercial computer software” and shall be given appropriate statutory preference in accordance with 10 USC 2377 (reference (b)) (see also FAR 2.101(b), 12.000, 12.101 (reference (c)); and DFARS 212.212, and 252.227-7014(a)(1) (reference (d)))." (I love to cite those guys, they manage to make everything look dead serious :-) The correct term to differentiate free and open source license models from proprietary license is models is "proprietary", and nothing but. Best regards, Arnulf. [1] http://cio-nii.defense.gov/sites/oss/2009OSS.pdf > For those who might be interested in making suggestions or > commenting > on the existing suggestions, the website is: > http://openinterior.ideascale.com/ > > > Doug > > Doug Newcomb > USFWS > Raleigh, NC > 919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newc...@fws.gov > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The opinions I express are my own and are not representative of the > official policy of the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service or Dept. of the > Interior. Life is too short for undocumented, proprietary data > formats._______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- President OSGeo http://www.osgeo.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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