Adrian Custer wrote:
>> One thing I would like to see done at some point is ensure that the
>> foundation
>> is firmly bound to the rule that foundation held software will only ever be
>> offered under an OSI approved license.
>
> This is exactly what I was discussing and would take care of the b
On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 18:27 -0500, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Adrian Custer wrote:
> > My new proposal is to first create the 'project' as a formal structure
> > of OSGeo and then to define contributions as additions to that project.
> >
> > The first part will 'create' a formal Geotools project as
Adrian Custer wrote:
> [1] This is an old idea I had forgotten about. This is certainly enough
> to have OSGeo sue for the parts of the project over which it has (c); it
> may also be enough to have OSGeo sue *on behalf* of the whole project
> for any violations of the code. Unfortunately, I can't
Adrian Custer wrote:
> My new proposal is to first create the 'project' as a formal structure
> of OSGeo and then to define contributions as additions to that project.
>
> The first part will 'create' a formal Geotools project as that body of
> work which is an effort fostered by OSGeo, managed by
Adrian Custer wrote:
> The transfer of any code/docs/... to OSGeo machines would be a separate
> thing that would happen at a new date when machines and people are
> ready.
>
> Does that work? Perhaps I am overlooking something.
>
Sounds good, I would prioritize fixing up the domain name over m
On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 12:52 -0800, Jody Garnett wrote:
> Thanks Adrian, I do like the idea of breaking this into steps - one
> document for each purpose
>
> If I understand you correctly we would be to set up "GeoTools" as an
> OSGeo project with all the legal bells and whistles.
yes
> And
Jody Garnett a écrit :
> If I understand you correctly we would be to set up "GeoTools" as an
> OSGeo project with all the legal bells and whistles. And then drag the
> code over as contributors sign on.
I'm fine with this approach if it is the proposed one.
Martin
Thanks Adrian, I do like the idea of breaking this into steps - one
document for each purpose
If I understand you correctly we would be to set up "GeoTools" as an
OSGeo project with all the legal bells and whistles. And then drag the
code over
as contributors sign on.
Cheers,
Jody
> Hello all,
Hello all,
While drafting possible agreements, the difficulty of defining what
'Geotools' is now leads me to suggest that we separate out the idea of
transferring the Geotools project to OSGeo from the idea of each of us
granting OSGeo special rights to the code.
This is a minor change which doe
