Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Copyright ownership

2010-02-14 Thread Frank Warmerdam
Arnulf Christl (aka Seven) wrote: Cleaning up an older thread... From what I gather from the lists there seems to be no broad opinion in favor of making projects move their copyright under the hood of OSGeo. With the recent discussion of potential export restriction enforcement by

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Copyright ownership

2010-02-14 Thread Brian Russo
Can you give an example of some osgeo software that is a concern for US export controls? I'm having trouble thinking of any, since encryption isn't really a big factor in most GIS software. Even if it is a component of the software, as long as those encryption components reside outside of it in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Copyright ownership

2010-02-14 Thread Ravi
While discussing this with Free Software Foundation of India, this topic came up, and I could not explain them the position of software under incubation by OSGeo. May I have a pointer or thread where the status of software under incubation is dealt, indicating, 1. Copy-Left 2. Type of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Copyright ownership

2010-02-14 Thread Frank Warmerdam
Ravi wrote: While discussing this with Free Software Foundation of India, this topic came up, and I could not explain them the position of software under incubation by OSGeo. May I have a pointer or thread where the status of software under incubation is dealt, indicating, 1. Copy-Left 2.