Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [OSGeoLive] GPL and Related Projects in the Open
On Saturday, December 26, 2020 7:42:24 PM EST Duncan Lithgow wrote: > Regarding the FSF high priority list. > > Over at osarch.org we've been talking about the need for improved free > software implementations of DWG. The LibreDWG project has seen quite a bit > of activity recently. Is better DWG support something OSGeo members think > is important? I think it's important. I've been exporting as DXF, and I've run into problems where if I write the DXF file one way, CAD program A can open it but CAD program B can't, but if I write the file the other way, B can open it but A can't. Pierre -- Lanthanidia deliciosa: What the kiwifruit would be if it weren't so radioactive. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [OSGeoLive] GPL and Related Projects in the Open
Regarding the FSF high priority list. Over at osarch.org we've been talking about the need for improved free software implementations of DWG. The LibreDWG project has seen quite a bit of activity recently. Is better DWG support something OSGeo members think is important? Regards, Duncan https://wiki.osarch.org/index.php?title=Drawing_(DWG) On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 9:07 PM Vicky Vergara wrote: > > > -- Forwarded message - > From: Brian M Hamlin > Date: Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 9:54 AM > Subject: [OSGeoLive] GPL and Related Projects in the Open > To: osgeo-board List , osgeol...@lists.osgeo.org < > osgeol...@lists.osgeo.org> > > > Dear Board Members, OSGeo Project Stakeholders, All - > >best to you at this covid-19 time > >Recently the Free Software Foundation (FSF) based in Boston, MA USA > and world-wide, posted a Call For Feedback on "High Priority Projects" > under an HPP Initiative [0]. Please consider writing to FSF regarding > your GPL-related project and priorities for 2021. > > [0] > > https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/committee-begins-review-of-high-priority-projects-free-software-list-2014-your-input-is-needed-by-january-8 > >Note: there have been some diplomatic errors in the past, and > certainly missed opportunity, but the relevance of the core principles > and tech-stack dependence on GPL-related, licensed software, is arguably > more significant than ever. Perhaps new organizational equilibrium is > possible. It could be said that little will happen without diverse and > multi-national participation. > >best regards from California, USA > >-Brian M Hamlin / MAPLABS / OSGeoLive PSC > > > ___ > osgeolive mailing list > osgeol...@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive > > > -- > > Georepublic UG (haftungsbeschränkt) > Salzmannstraße 44, > 81739 München, Germany > > Vicky Vergara > Operations Research > > eMail: vi...@georepublic.de > Web: https://georepublic.info > > Tel: +49 (089) 4161 7698-1 > Fax: +49 (089) 4161 7698-9 > > Commercial register: Amtsgericht München, HRB 181428 > CEO: Daniel Kastl > > > ___ > 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [OSGeoLive] GPL and Related Projects in the Open
-- Forwarded message - From: Brian M Hamlin Date: Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 9:54 AM Subject: [OSGeoLive] GPL and Related Projects in the Open To: osgeo-board List , osgeol...@lists.osgeo.org < osgeol...@lists.osgeo.org> Dear Board Members, OSGeo Project Stakeholders, All - best to you at this covid-19 time Recently the Free Software Foundation (FSF) based in Boston, MA USA and world-wide, posted a Call For Feedback on "High Priority Projects" under an HPP Initiative [0]. Please consider writing to FSF regarding your GPL-related project and priorities for 2021. [0] https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/committee-begins-review-of-high-priority-projects-free-software-list-2014-your-input-is-needed-by-january-8 Note: there have been some diplomatic errors in the past, and certainly missed opportunity, but the relevance of the core principles and tech-stack dependence on GPL-related, licensed software, is arguably more significant than ever. Perhaps new organizational equilibrium is possible. It could be said that little will happen without diverse and multi-national participation. best regards from California, USA -Brian M Hamlin / MAPLABS / OSGeoLive PSC ___ osgeolive mailing list osgeol...@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive -- Georepublic UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Salzmannstraße 44, 81739 München, Germany Vicky Vergara Operations Research eMail: vi...@georepublic.de Web: https://georepublic.info Tel: +49 (089) 4161 7698-1 Fax: +49 (089) 4161 7698-9 Commercial register: Amtsgericht München, HRB 181428 CEO: Daniel Kastl ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
