On 05/02/13 00:01, Justin Deoliveira wrote: > I am sure this has been covered but the proposal states that the current > agreement is unsuitable for use but doesn't state why.
I was going to ask Frank for more detail, but reading his original email, it is all there: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Contribution-Agreement-Clarity-td5022284.html My understanding of this is that Google does not want to make patent grants to a project that could use them for anything. - Frank, am I reading this right? - Is the issue that Google want to contribute to software, but GeoTools as it stands could produce non-software products (mobile phones, self-driving cars, ...)? And a new contributor agreement would address this. Thanks again for following up on this, Frank. Your efforts are much appreciated. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben.caradoc-dav...@csiro.au> Software Engineer CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering Australian Resources Research Centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ GeoTools-Devel mailing list GeoTools-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
