Thanks Ben, your feedback helps underscores the importance of communicating
in bite sized chunks.
To wit, "open source" is not really "a collaborative software development
model", it is really just a license. The license provides the perks you
outline, but does not provide a seat at the developmen
The focus on licensing does not mention the collaborative nature of open
source.
How about:
Open source is a collaborative software development model in which
anyone can use or modify software for any purpose without payment of fees.
If you want a longer introduction, you could go into "The
I hear you, this goes a bit beyond the basics of what is open source (open)
and reaches into what we expect of our osgeo open source projects
(open/social/fair).
I was going to save the "community driven" story one of:
- the "migrate" page, leaning heavily on Ian's "Earning Your Support
Instead of
Hi Jody,
Should something be added in about the software/projects being community driven?
bobb
On Oct 10, 2017, at 9:20 PM, Jody Garnett
mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Can I invite review of "what is open source":
http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/about/what-is-open-source/
I took our
Can I invite review of "what is open source":
http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/about/what-is-open-source/
I took our values from the brochure (the open source, and open geospatial)
along with some inspiration from Helena's passion about open source
projects being more that just software.
One point
