Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-24 Thread Lester Caine
Chris Puttick wrote: - "Lester Caine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Christopher Schmidt wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 05:40:41PM +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Bjorn Sandvik ha scritto: I'll consider the pros and cons between different licenses. I don't have commercial interests, but I wo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-24 Thread Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas
2008/6/24 Christopher Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 02:01:17PM +0200, Arnulf Christl wrote: >> Just as a side note: Google has been overly submissive to US Export >> Regulations and rejects requests from IPs that can be traced to a location >> within an country that falls u

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-24 Thread Gavin Fleming
] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source? On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 02:01:17PM +0200, Arnulf Christl wrote: > Just as a side note: Google has been overly submissive to US Export > Regulations and rejects requests from IPs that can be traced to a location > within an country that falls un

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-24 Thread Chris Puttick
- "Christopher Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 02:01:17PM +0200, Arnulf Christl wrote: > > Just as a side note: Google has been overly submissive to US Export > > > Regulations and rejects requests from IPs that can be traced to a > location > > within an countr

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-24 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 02:01:17PM +0200, Arnulf Christl wrote: > Just as a side note: Google has been overly submissive to US Export > Regulations and rejects requests from IPs that can be traced to a location > within an country that falls under their export ban list. Unfortunately the > same

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-24 Thread Arnulf Christl
Bjorn Sandvik wrote: Thanks for your feedback. I'll consider the pros and cons between different licenses. I don't have commercial interests, but I would like the project to be sustainable. I've changed my mind about using SourceForge, - I agree that Google Code is more suitable. Just as

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-24 Thread Chris Puttick
- "Lester Caine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher Schmidt wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 05:40:41PM +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > >> Bjorn Sandvik ha scritto: > >> > >>> I'll consider the pros and cons between different licenses. I > don't have > >>> commercial interests, > >>> b

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-24 Thread Lester Caine
Christopher Schmidt wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 05:40:41PM +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Bjorn Sandvik ha scritto: I'll consider the pros and cons between different licenses. I don't have commercial interests, but I would like the project to be sustainable. I've changed my mind about using

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-24 Thread Cameron Shorter
Chris and Dave are right, I'd strongly suggest using a less restrictive license than GPL as you will likely increase your developer base. Dave McIlhagga wrote: On 23-Jun-08, at 11:40 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Bjorn Sandvik ha scritto: I'll consider the pros and cons between different licens

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread Bjorn Sandvik
> Also, it would be interesting to know if you had any thoughts on how it could be used with other projects. I agree that there might be some linkages to the OSGeo Cartographic Library Proposal: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Cartographic_Library There are some interesting bullet points un

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
Hi Bjorn, Back to your original question... Is there any interest in using this application among other open source projects? Are there any funding opportunities? I'm also interested in getting to know people who would like to contribute to this project. I think there is definite interest

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 06:07:08PM +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > Dave McIlhagga ha scritto: > > > Similarly there are many good reasons for the long-term sustainability > > of the project to embrace a more open license such as the BSD which > > welcomes all participants - even if they have propr

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread Dave McIlhagga
On 23-Jun-08, at 11:40 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Bjorn Sandvik ha scritto: I'll consider the pros and cons between different licenses. I don't have commercial interests, but I would like the project to be sustainable. I've changed my mind about using SourceForge, - I agree that Google Co

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread P Kishor
On 6/23/08, Christopher Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 05:40:41PM +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > > Bjorn Sandvik ha scritto: > > > > > I'll consider the pros and cons between different licenses. I don't have > > > commercial interests, > > > but I would like the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Dave McIlhagga ha scritto: > Similarly there are many good reasons for the long-term sustainability > of the project to embrace a more open license such as the BSD which > welcomes all participants - even if they have proprietary commercial > interest. We avoid GPL like the plague for exactly this

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 05:40:41PM +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > Bjorn Sandvik ha scritto: > > > I'll consider the pros and cons between different licenses. I don't have > > commercial interests, > > but I would like the project to be sustainable. > > > > I've changed my mind about using Source

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Bjorn Sandvik ha scritto: > I'll consider the pros and cons between different licenses. I don't have > commercial interests, > but I would like the project to be sustainable. > > I've changed my mind about using SourceForge, - I agree that Google Code > is more suitable. Please note: - GPL is mo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread Bjorn Sandvik
Thanks for your feedback. I'll consider the pros and cons between different licenses. I don't have commercial interests, but I would like the project to be sustainable. I've changed my mind about using SourceForge, - I agree that Google Code is more suitable. Regards, Bjørn Christopher S

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread P Kishor
On 6/22/08, Bjorn Sandvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FYI, > > In the last couple of months, I've been developing a Thematic Mapping > Engine (TME): > http://thematicmapping.org/engine/ > http://blog.thematicmapping.org/2008/06/thematic-mapping-engine.html > .. Very nicely done. I have been

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:01:25AM +0100, Bjorn Sandvik wrote: > My plan is to release TME as an open source project under a GNU GPL > license v3, and use SourceForge as a code repository. Is there a strong reason behind these choices? These days, I probably wouldnt' go with either of them, perso

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread Firman Hadi
Hi Bjorn, I can only say, wow. It is very nice application. Cheers, PS: I apologize for the repeating mails. On Jun 23, 2008, at 6:01 AM, Bjorn Sandvik wrote: FYI, In the last couple of months, I've been developing a Thematic Mapping Engine (TME): http://thematicmapping.org/engine/ htt

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-23 Thread Markus Neteler
Bjorn, your engine looks excellent (we have been watching your blogging :). It might be interesting to integrate it somehow with the OSGeo Cartographic Library Proposal http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Cartographic_Library Markus On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Bjorn Sandvik <[EMAIL PROTECTE

[OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

2008-06-22 Thread Bjorn Sandvik
FYI, In the last couple of months, I've been developing a Thematic Mapping Engine (TME): http://thematicmapping.org/engine/ http://blog.thematicmapping.org/2008/06/thematic-mapping-engine.html TME makes it easy to produce 2D and 3D thematic maps (choropleth, prism, proportional symbol and an