On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:12:43AM -0500, P Kishor wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks for replying, everyone. Instead of replying to each one of you > separately, I am replying to myself, primarily to add more info to > this query. > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:24 AM, P Kishor <punk.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > > does anyone know of an existing product, or a firm that develops such > > a product catering to cadastral and land records management, but using > > a completely open source stack? > > > > A friend of mine is working in a SA country that has a new policy that > all software at the national level must be non-commercial open source.
One of these clauses makes sense, one of them does not. Why would you limit yourself to *non* commercial Open Source? Don't people realize that hiring someone with expertise in a field is sometimes better -- depending on your in-house expertise that exists -- than learning it all on your own? Open Source isn't supposed to mean 'free' :( At least they're acknowledging that there will be some costs, but overall, I feel icky whenever I see someone say things like 'non-commercial open source'; the whole point of the 'open' part is that it shouldn't be a problem if it's commercial. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss