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Re: [Geotools-admin] Fwd: [geotk] Exploring the possibility to join Apache SIS project
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From: Simone G. <sim...@ge...> - 2012-07-22 14:20:54
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I am looking forward to discussing this topic tomorrow afternoon! Regards, Simone Giannecchini == Our support, Your Success! Visit http://opensdi.geo-solutions.it for more information. == Ing. Simone Giannecchini @simogeo Founder/Director GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 55054 Massarosa (LU) Italy phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 962313 mob: +39 333 8128928 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it ------------------------------------------------------- On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Justin Deoliveira <jde...@op...> wrote: > I am kind of mind to say no, you can't relicense it but perhaps that is > something that falls strictly on the board rather than the geotools psc. I > had a chat with Paul Ramsey about this yesterday and the question is when > did copyright actually transfer to osgeo? I am pretty sure it was before > Martin forked right? What about his major rewrites? Did it happen before > that as well? > > And i agree that martin trying to say that 95% of the toolkit is written by > him is kind of bs. I too would be interested about what they are planning > with everything else outside of referencing. > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Andrea Aime <and...@ge...> > wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Justin Deoliveira <jde...@op...> >> wrote: >>> >>> What should our response be to this? I am not so sure about Martin's math >>> and I can't imagine they are really publishing the fact that they forked a >>> long running open source project with healthy community. I imagine apache >>> sis might be interested in this before deciding on whether to incubate >>> geotoolkit. >> >> >> I agree, despite them keep on saying "there is no way to tell which one is >> the fork" it's pretty >> evident there is one company that setup their own repo and moved forward >> with it. >> >> About OSGEO granting re-licencing, not sure if they will or won't do, >> while the idea that >> geotk-core is 95% work of Geomatys may be true (especially after the deep >> rewrite >> Martin did on the referncing subsystem) however how about geotk-pending? >> The toolkit is of no much use without it, and there the percentages should >> be pretty different. >> >> That said, I'm worried about the license change because Apache will make >> the project >> palatable for various corporations that just stay clear of *GPL licenses, >> so it might >> actually succeed in getting the traction from the business world that so >> far they failed >> to get from the existing GeoTools user base. >> >> Also, the governance model of Apache and OSGEO are pretty similar, not >> sure how they >> are going to pass incubation with the benevolent dictator model they have >> been >> enforced so far (afaik Martin is the only one that can commit on the >> canonical repo) >> >> Looking at Apache SIS page it seems ESRI might be interested in >> participating: >> http://incubator.apache.org/sis/ >> Glanced over the sources very quickly, there is very little in there so >> far. >> >> Cheers >> Andrea >> >> -- >> == >> Our support, Your Success! Visit http://opensdi.geo-solutions.it for more >> information. >> == >> >> Ing. Andrea Aime >> @geowolf >> Technical Lead >> >> GeoSolutions S.A.S. >> Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 >> 55054 Massarosa (LU) >> Italy >> phone: +39 0584 962313 >> fax: +39 0584 962313 >> mob: +39 339 8844549 >> >> http://www.geo-solutions.it >> http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> > > > > -- > Justin Deoliveira > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > Enterprise support for open source geospatial. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Geotools-administration mailing list > Geo...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-administration > |