Thanks Ben, your feedback helps underscores the importance of communicating in bite sized chunks.
To wit, "open source" is not really "a collaborative software development model", it is really just a license. The license provides the perks you outline, but does not provide a seat at the development table. The development model, along with the transparency and fairness we expect of projects at OSGeo, goes beyond just an open source licenses. I will try and complete the other pages so we can see how the pieces fit together. We may need to double back here as I expect that the transparency and fairness is the quality of open source that is being sought in open standards, open data, open education and open science. -- Jody Garnett On 16 October 2017 at 14:56, Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote: > The focus on licensing does not mention the collaborative nature of open > source. > > How about: > > Open source is a collaborative software development model in which anyone > can use or modify software for any purpose without payment of fees. > > If you want a longer introduction, you could go into "The Why", but that > might be a bit much for beginners. The current length is good. > > Kind regards, > Ben. > > On 17/10/17 07:52, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) wrote: > >> Hi Jody, >> >> Should something be added in about the software/projects being community >> driven? >> >> bobb >> >> >> On Oct 10, 2017, at 9:20 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com<mailto: >> jody.garn...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Can I invite review of "what is open source": >> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/about/what-is-open-source/ >> >> I took our values from the brochure (the open source, and open >> geospatial) along with some inspiration from Helena's passion about open >> source projects being more that just software. >> >> One point that was brought up at foss4ge was the importance of explaining >> "free and open". I think I have managed to do this - serving as a bridge >> between the ideas of open source, free software foundation promoting the >> concept of free and open, and how free and open is being applied in our >> community in the areas of open education, open data and open science. >> -- >> Jody Garnett >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org> >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> >> You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. >> —Wayne Gretzky >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > -- > Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> > Director > Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> > New Zealand > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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