To run this topic into the ground, we will end up with a small distinction
between "open source projects" (software + community) and "project teams"
(the developers producing the software).
In the examples that started this conversation:
- The gvSig association has several open source projects, e
Jody
We can get that into a concise text
Steven
> On 22 Sep 2017, at 18:16, Jody Garnett wrote:
>
> I am going to grab a couple quotes from the other email thread:
> Maria: Our projects are much more than pieces of code. Behind our software
> there are communities
> Ben passing on: "Jon Kup
I am going to grab a couple quotes from the other email thread:
- Maria: *Our projects are much more than pieces of code. Behind our
software there are communities*
- Ben passing on: "Jon Kuperman‏ @jkup Stop treating open source like a
product you purchased and start treating it like
Enterprise (or even Enterprises)
-Patrick
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Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] presenting open source software or open source projects
I would like to bring to discuss a
Thanks Tom, you kind of confirm that listing software (program,
application,technology) right direction - even if it hurts my heart.
You are correct that "someone looking to migrate" is the primary audience
of this. Indeed the other email thread has a tradeoff of providing a
"Similar Proprietary P
> I would like to bring to discuss a question that we are struggling with for
> the website/rebranding - do we present "open source software" or "open source
> projects"?
> I am personally having a hard time thinking in terms of software since I like
> the fact that open source project encompasses
I would like to bring to discuss a question that we are struggling with for
the website/rebranding - do we present "open source software" or "open
source projects"?
This is not an easy answer, as the earlier discussion on this list did not
know how to recognize projects doing a rewrite (example OL