Please keep asking questions. It's healthy and how we (try to) arrive at consensus.
On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 17:13 Helmut Kudrnovsky <hel...@web.de> wrote: > Dear Venka, Dear Helena, Dear Marc, Dear OSGeo Community, > > I'm some kind of surprised about the reactions and long threads about my > question yesterday. > > Just back from a long walk along a nice alpine river where I had time to > contemplate about it. Therefore it will be a personal and some kind of > philosophical note. > > In my personal, cultural and scientific background I was educated that > asking questions isn't anything bad. > > * Asking questions regarding things I'm interested in, to learn more about > it ... > * Asking questions regarding things I'm interested in, I'm involved, and > where I have some kind of responsibility, to take care that it evolves in a > sustainable way ... > > citing [1]: > > "The third category is Charter Member. Individuals in this category have > the same rights as the above Member category, but with two important > differences. Firstly, individuals in this category are not self-selected, > but rather must be voted into this category by the other Charter Members. > Secondly, individuals in this category have the right to vote in elections > for other Charter Members, and for Board Members. > > These two factors are intended to maintain the integrity of the > Foundation election processes -- and by extension the integrity of the > Foundation itself. We use the term "Charter" Member to explicitly indicate > that these members are responsible for upholding the "charter" of the > Foundation." > > As I'm honoured to be elected an OSGeo charter member, this is a high > motivation for me to volunteer e.g. this year as OSGeo GSoC admin, to have > fun within the GRASS community and to promote OSGeo and free and open > source GIS whenever I have a chance to do so... and from time to time it > encourages me to ask questions about OSGeo's evolution. So here we are now > ... > > Community and communication .... both have the same latin word stem: > communis. > > I like OSGeo's do-ocracy :-) ... but also I think it's now time to > rephrase the open source mantra to "communicate often, communicate early" > :-) ... that OSGeo is able to evolve in a sustainable way! > > Kind regards > Helmut > > [1] http://www.osgeo.org/Membership > > Gesendet: Freitag, 18. August 2017 um 21:15 Uhr > Von: "Marc Vloemans" <marcvloema...@gmail.com> > An: "Sandro Santilli" <s...@kbt.io> > Cc: "Helmut Kudrnovsky" <hel...@web.de>, "OSGeo Discussions" < > discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > Betreff: Re: Non-precise framing can hurt the community > @Helmut et all, > > Thanks for another opportunity to give the community more insights in what > LocationTech (the Eclipse Industry Working Group for spatially aware > software) entails and how it relates to OSGeo! > > We help co-develop and co-promote OSGeo projects in general (including > GPL-projects!) through > - sponsoring codesprints (e.g. Here in Boston tomorrow) and > - co-organising events (e.g. codesprints and Foss4g North Amerika) > > Kind regards, > Marc Vloemans > > > > Op 18 aug. 2017 om 12:53 heeft Marc Vloemans <marcvloema...@gmail.com> > het volgende geschreven: > > > > Dear Sandro, > > > > We (Eclipse Foundation -LocationTech) are 'not against it' ! I repeat; > not against........did I mention 'not'? > > > > GPL is approved by OSI, just like the EPL. We are on the same team. The > word 'against' suggests we are at odds with each other over this. Which we > are not, never have been and never will be. > > > > Our members (businesses, academia, NGO's) work with/on projects that > incorporate various licenses. Individual choices depend on 'the right tools > for the job'. Developers work on projects and in communities that encompass > a wide spectrum of licenses. > > End-users (the ones that fund so many of open spatial projects) > determine and decide which tools will suit their purposes. And they love > our community's versatility to meet their demands. Thus furthering the > overall success of open spatial IT in the world. > > The present full spectrum of projects provides a compelling, > comprehensive storyline as is demonstrated by an increasing number of > implementations. Worldwide, across industry verticals, profits, > non-profits, etc etc. > > > > Hope this clarifies and let's together move forward! > > > > Kind regards, > > Marc Vloemans > > > > > >>> Op 18 aug. 2017 om 11:25 heeft Sandro Santilli <s...@kbt.io> het > volgende geschreven: > >>> > >>> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 09:19:52PM +0200, Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote: > >>> > >>> Will locationtech also promote OSGeo projects? > >> > >> This is an interesting question, especially as LocationTech is > >> against GPL-licensed projects (like GRASS, QGIS, PostGIS) > >> > >> --strk; > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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