Perhaps we could ask some of these organizations to sponsor GDAL through
https://github.com/sponsors/OSGeo which is a recurring sponsorship ?
Angelos
On 1/14/21 12:58 AM, Howard Butler wrote:
On Jan 13, 2021, at 4:28 PM, Nyall Dawson <nyall.daw...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 at 06:24, David Strip <g...@stripfamily.net> wrote:
What is the path forward? One path Howard suggests is establishing a
foundation similar to that behind Qgis. Another alternative, probably far more
controversial, is a license change.
I'm pretty clueless regarding licenses -- but this is an interesting
thought. I wonder if any new drivers added to GDAL could be done with
a dual-licensing under both GPL + some other license which requires
ongoing sponsorship of the GDAL project?
License monkey business isn't viable in any way with GDAL. It would just create
confusion and erode trust, which we can't get back if broken.
The big organizations running 100,000,000s of CPU hours extracting information from
imagery they're reading in COGs with GDAL need to be donating substantial resources
into an organization that provides coordination. The last time I did a fund raise
with gdalbarn.com <http://gdalbarn.com/> I was called out for naming some of
these organizations and expressing my disappointment they couldn't find a way to
participate or simply ignored the request. Maybe they will step forward this time
around.
Whether it is in a new foundation or an existing one like NumFocus, substantial
resources need to be dumped in a pot that are earmarked for supporting work
that generates value for the project. Chasing new feature work to subsidize
project maintenance activities is not sustainable in two directions – burn out
for the maintainer and creeping feature-itis for the project.
It's clear what's happened in the past is a combination of luck and
graciousness by both Frank and Even.
Howard
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