-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Il 06/09/2012 17:26, Seven (aka Arnulf) ha scritto: > Folks, one item on the OGC Architecture Board meeting agenda today > was to look at this web site: http://open-stand.org/principles/ > > - From my perspective the principles listed here are very much > aligned with our goals and nicely worded. So my suggestion is to > support this initiative as an organization [1]. Let's have a dialog > here and if we come to the conclusion that we want to officially > endorse this submit a motion to the board for their next meeting.
I'm a bit worried by the vague wording of those principles. More in detail, point 4 is crucial, stating that: fair terms may vary from royalty-free to fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms (FRAND). See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#RAND for some background of why this is problematic for free and open source software (our mission, I believe). Ciao steko -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJQSMbAAAoJEDBz7sDeHMxYmdMP/RKaJVCdeYp9JV87uG7B7cev iOxF2nNt8G3Jhc+Yd4G3riiMxs+RTKiA1aDAjKnpuo3udBTTcVuuwB02b9oVKikX hb178cFC3vI0AAKAmMeOZEXpMF74L8H6IOwrz4XxaOesYxjL/Cxx59GeNO//pSIb zC0PvYI1lharjaLNKFLG1/dkobFEq6/6Qj6iTRPpOCryGcXwg95H4sWdP2mK+Cyr MD43/ycHag2GpWoYrov4OxjX6MSQnFYSs9H6pkibEQAMYz3PxSiCpdxNSjrp+uk5 6L9wbOeWLW2tJJcFZSkzxa7GZrwrKsyzSS8+TAsPHs556HCkqQNHIzwDlKLVzZa2 Y32CaLVqrhSoP4k6xvw+B3ZbcvQ+nz5yaxt7Q/Kue0+rEepmcdduoIultv48Y9dI +8mgHGl5TFpeB2Y6JeiqlokcJw7uflZxUFYflgylkwn34C1x3qSvk9VdFfdL8pII 3ErbAWLOmKAcT44+7Q4O6ubacrLLJhLzhkbuvOWscBDGMTr5SsGHjPYmwOHhW707 kUQ6rKZfVWcmCYX6ip7RhM52HMKxpVcFwucCNzsn+f+cIEzsIgplO+ymgjOcparF vPMmZy4SauRZBtpZkiOEAxy5y2/jd2xQyWbAZQrarqJ6gwULdb/hyO5jmomVmBnh zBkMdeA3tLCyxI52CQjO =vBan -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss