I agree with Chip's 1. and 2. This makes sense and will be the least confusing to the user base and community. It also does not imply one project is better then the other.
Brian Fischer Houston Engineering, Inc. Maple Grove, MN (763) 493-4522 -----Original Message----- From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chip Taylor Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapServer Foundation - Open Letter My input (and this needs to be done before the concrete sets on all this: 1. Change the name of the Foundation to something less product-pointed and more in keeping with the purpose, such as Foundation for Open Source Web Mapping 2. Add the Foundation moniker to the existing names for the two code bases: FOSWM Mapserver FOSWM MapGuide 3. Specify in the charter that no code from any FOSWM may be included in a commercial product. My input (FWIW), Chip "Acronym Man" Taylor Prepared Response, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Gary Lang > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapServer Foundation - Open Letter > > OK. So here's a sincere call for input. > > Here's the rub. Regardless of who made the mistake of suggesting it, I > liked the name and agreed that we would go with it, so I'll take > responsibility for MSE. > > On the back of that, we - what can now be seen as the TSC-x cabal + 1 > ADSK person - started drifting from foundation names that had more > umbrella-like characteristics like osgis.org, mapcommunity, maptools, > etc. and towards something that focuses on what we were putting out > together. Based on the fact that both products were named MapServer in > the root, we went with "MapServer Foundation". > > Now let's assume we change the name back to MapGuide. Why would I now > want to cripple any hope of adoption by anybody by putting it in a > foundation (that I helped name) that highlights one map serving product > over another? > > So far the community is showing more common sense than we were on this, > so I'm interested to hear your opinions. > > Gary > >
