Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OGC and OSGeo Sign Memorandum of Understanding
On Wed, January 7, 2009 23:01, Frank Warmerdam wrote: > Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote: > >> Hey Tyler, >> >> >> I understood from some people/discussions that the individual >> membership can only be used when the individual owns their IP >> (intellectual >> property). So people working in a company, where the company owns the >> persons IP, would not be able to use this membership. >> >> Is this true, are you able to shed some light on this? >> > > Bart, > > > I believe the individual members via OSGeo are bound by the normal > limitations on such memberships. I believe you question about IP belonging > to a company as opposed to the individual roughly describes the main > criteria. > > So the individual memberships are primarily useful for hobbiests, and > other independent folks. This is correct. In some cases this will not help people, for example if they develop on Open Source software and work for a company that is not member of the OGC but at the same time. >> What will be OsGeo's policy for selecting the 6 people? >> > > This isn't worked out in detail, but I believe Arnulf has been selected > as the primary liaison and for the time being would be making the decision > if there are more candidates than slots available. It may be that this > isn't much of a problem. > > Best regards, For the time being please send an email to Frank and me as we are listed as the OSGeo liaison officers to the OGC. More than just having a few slots for individuals we hope that the formal relation might help foster interaction with what is going on in the OGC and OSGeo communities. Quite a lot of companies producing and using Open Source already are a member of OGC. This MoU is meant to also give people a chance to collaborate more closely who have not been able to look into OGC's work because the cost of joining is prohibitive. Please do not underestimate the amount of time that on needs to spend to really achieve something in OGC, I believe that this might actually be the larger barrier to getting things done. On the other hand there are quite a lot of other possibilities to collaborate with OGC, their members and staff, be it interoperability experiments, or joint appearances at trade shows, conferences, etc. Hopefully this will also get some life into our standards list which is another place to talk open standards. I would also be happy to answer questions on OGC procedures on this list and why it makes sense to actually talk to them and work with them (once I am back online in mid February... :-). Best regards, Arnulf. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OGC and OSGeo Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote: Hey Tyler, I understood from some people/discussions that the individual membership can only be used when the individual owns their IP (intellectual property). So people working in a company, where the company owns the persons IP, would not be able to use this membership. Is this true, are you able to shed some light on this? Bart, I believe the individual members via OSGeo are bound by the normal limitations on such memberships. I believe you question about IP belonging to a company as opposed to the individual roughly describes the main criteria. So the individual memberships are primarily useful for hobbiests, and other independent folks. What will be OsGeo's policy for selecting the 6 people? This isn't worked out in detail, but I believe Arnulf has been selected as the primary liaison and for the time being would be making the decision if there are more candidates than slots available. It may be that this isn't much of a problem. Best regards, -- ---+-- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush| Geospatial Programmer for Rent ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OGC and OSGeo Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Hey Tyler, I understood from some people/discussions that the individual membership can only be used when the individual owns their IP (intellectual property). So people working in a company, where the company owns the persons IP, would not be able to use this membership. Is this true, are you able to shed some light on this? What will be OsGeo's policy for selecting the 6 people? Best regards, Bart Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: From: http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/944 Wayland, Mass., January 7, 2009 - In Valencia, Spain, at the December Technical Committee meetings of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC), the OGC and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate in advancing open geospatial standards (OGC's mission) and open source geospatial software and data (OSGeo's mission). Mark Reichardt, CEO and President of the OGC, explained that, "Openness benefits markets. Vendors of proprietary software have found that today's more open and complex "business ecosystem," which includes both open source software and open standards, is good for their businesses. It's also good for technology users. It makes sense for the OGC to work with the OSGeo." Open source software is software that has been designed and developed in an open, community process. The OGC's open standards are similarly developed in an open, community process, but they are specifications (for interfaces, encodings and best practices), not software. Arnulf Christl, President of OSGeo, said, "We look forward to collaborating with the OGC to identify open source technologies that can be used as reference implementations for OGC standards and to identify standards requirements that result from our open source geospatial software development programs." The MOU provides for the assignment of up to six one-year Individual Memberships in the OGC. Memberships will be selected by OSGeo and are subject to OGC qualifications for Individual Membership. The OSGeo is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2006 whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open source geospatial technologies and data. The OGC® is an international consortium of more than 365 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial standards. OpenGIS® Standards support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT. OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled. Visit the OGC website at http://www.opengeospatial.org/. Contact: Sam Bacharach Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc tel: +1-703-352-3938 sbachar...@opengeospatial.org___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Bart van den Eijnden OSGIS, Open Source GIS bart...@osgis.nl http://www.osgis.nl ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OGC and OSGeo Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Excellent news! Can we have an open standard for GIS projects now? :) Chris - "Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)" wrote: > From: http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/944 > Wayland, Mass., January 7, 2009 - In Valencia, Spain, at the December > > Technical Committee meetings of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. > > (OGC), the OGC and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) > signed a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate in advancing open > > geospatial standards (OGC's mission) and open source geospatial > software and data (OSGeo's mission). > > Mark Reichardt, CEO and President of the OGC, explained that, > "Openness benefits markets. Vendors of proprietary software have > found that today's more open and complex "business ecosystem," which > > includes both open source software and open standards, is good for > their businesses. It's also good for technology users. It makes sense > > for the OGC to work with the OSGeo." > > Open source software is software that has been designed and developed > > in an open, community process. The OGC's open standards are similarly > > developed in an open, community process, but they are specifications > > (for interfaces, encodings and best practices), not software. > > Arnulf Christl, President of OSGeo, said, "We look forward to > collaborating with the OGC to identify open source technologies that > > can be used as reference implementations for OGC standards and to > identify standards requirements that result from our open source > geospatial software development programs." > > The MOU provides for the assignment of up to six one-year Individual > > Memberships in the OGC. Memberships will be selected by OSGeo and are > > subject to OGC qualifications for Individual Membership. > > The OSGeo is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2006 whose > mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of > open source geospatial technologies and data. > > The OGC® is an international consortium of more than 365 companies, > government agencies, research organizations, and universities > participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available > geospatial standards. OpenGIS® Standards support interoperable > solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based > services, and mainstream IT. OGC Standards empower technology > developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and > > useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled. > Visit the OGC website at http://www.opengeospatial.org/. > > Contact: > Sam Bacharach > Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption > Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc > tel: +1-703-352-3938 > sbachar...@opengeospatial.org___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] OGC and OSGeo Sign Memorandum of Understanding
From: http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/944 Wayland, Mass., January 7, 2009 - In Valencia, Spain, at the December Technical Committee meetings of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC), the OGC and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate in advancing open geospatial standards (OGC's mission) and open source geospatial software and data (OSGeo's mission). Mark Reichardt, CEO and President of the OGC, explained that, "Openness benefits markets. Vendors of proprietary software have found that today's more open and complex "business ecosystem," which includes both open source software and open standards, is good for their businesses. It's also good for technology users. It makes sense for the OGC to work with the OSGeo." Open source software is software that has been designed and developed in an open, community process. The OGC's open standards are similarly developed in an open, community process, but they are specifications (for interfaces, encodings and best practices), not software. Arnulf Christl, President of OSGeo, said, "We look forward to collaborating with the OGC to identify open source technologies that can be used as reference implementations for OGC standards and to identify standards requirements that result from our open source geospatial software development programs." The MOU provides for the assignment of up to six one-year Individual Memberships in the OGC. Memberships will be selected by OSGeo and are subject to OGC qualifications for Individual Membership. The OSGeo is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2006 whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open source geospatial technologies and data. The OGC® is an international consortium of more than 365 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial standards. OpenGIS® Standards support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT. OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled. Visit the OGC website at http://www.opengeospatial.org/. Contact: Sam Bacharach Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc tel: +1-703-352-3938 sbachar...@opengeospatial.org___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
