<div dir="ltr">I'm happy with this take on the issue.<br><br>I'd suggest it would be ideal, but perhaps not practical, to review proprietary presentations for suitability. People can always vote with their feet I suppose, but it still reflects on the organisers IMHO.<br>
<br>Rob<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:00 AM, <<a href="mailto:aust-nz-request@lists.osgeo.org">aust-nz-request@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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1. Can proprietary products be discussed/promoted at FOSS4G2009?<br>
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:36:41 +1000<br>
From: Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: [Aust-NZ] Can proprietary products be discussed/promoted at<br>
FOSS4G2009?<br>
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While talking up FOSS4G2009 at a recent Australian conference (Qld SSI<br>
on the Gold Coast) we were asked:<br>
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"Are proprietary products allowed to be discussed/promoted at FOSS4G?"<br>
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More specifically:<br>
* Do we accept presentations about integrating Open Source with Proprietary?<br>
* Do we accept presentations from proprietary vendors about how they can<br>
integrate with Open Standards/Open Source?<br>
* Are proprietary vendors allowed to Sponsor the conference?<br>
* Are proprietary vendors allowed to set up a booth?<br>
* Are proprietary vendors allowed to participate in an interoperability<br>
testbed?<br>
- To what extent?<br>
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My take is:<br>
FOSS4G 2009's theme is "User Driven" and users need to integrate open<br>
source with proprietary applications.<br>
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So presentations and testbeds targeting "Integrating Proprietary with<br>
Open Source" should be encouraged, Proprietary only is not allowed, and<br>
at least 75% of the topics should be completely Open Source focused.<br>
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