Thanks Jody I would like to have a document or web link to point at as the start of a conversation with an organisation. It can’t be mandatory but we might want to consider community endorsement of organisations which adopt the charter or 'social contract'
I’ll start a wiki page with a few thoughts and open it up for others to contribute their views ______ Steven On 2 May 2014, at 12:14, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think you are leaning towards the "social contract" associated with being > part of a community. > > For organisations that do not wish to participate, that is fine. > Participation is one way of minimising the risks associated with the use of > open source software, as long as they are making that decision with a decent > understanding that is fine. > > The way I figure it they will get burned a few times before taking > interesting in participation :) But yeah if you are talking to managers speak > in terms of risk and change control, not community/participation - know your > audience. > > I think I had a rant about the social contact last year, it produced one more > tester of GeoServer - making the process of issuing release candidates > suspect. > -- > Jody Garnett > > On 26 April 2014 at 2:55:09 am, Steven Feldman (shfeld...@gmail.com) wrote: > >> Does anyone know of a charter or code of responsible behaviour for >> organisations that make use of open source technology? >> >> I’m thinking of a list of do’s and don’t’s that would help managers in user >> organisations to understand that while the software may be free from a >> license fee there is a community ecosphere that needs to be supported. >> >> Cheers >> ______ >> Steven >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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