[Board] Italian Project

[Jody Garnett]

English is indeed weird! The name of the conference is fine, indeed the
sentence is fine - I just wondered if we wanted to be more specific in this
government communication.
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 2:55 PM Maria Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
wrote:

> But, just for clarity, does it mean that
>
> FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geo) is wrong? or  at least
> somebody can think that we are interested in free and close software?
>
> Because I, with my poor English,  interpret "free and open source" as
> "free and, at the same time, open" not "or free or open".
>
> Therefore really the name of our conferences is wrong?
> English is so weird  :-D
>
>
> Maria
>
>
>
>
> Il 04/12/2015 23:45, Jody Garnett ha scritto:
>
> Sorry will try again - consider changing the sentence to: "by means of
> open-source tools,"
>
> The use of the word free can include software that is free to use, but not
> open source. I remember in Brazil open source was having a hard time
> gaining traction as a university GIS system was available for free in the
> market, but it was not open source.
>
> If you believe your bid is price sensitive consider changing the sentence
> to "by means of free open-source tools,".
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 4 December 2015 at 12:41, Maria Antonia Brovelli <
> maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:
>
>> Sorry but the second point is not clear to me. What do you mean? The
>> project refers to free and open source software. What has OSGeo against
>> free and open source software?
>> Maria
>>
>>
>>
>> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>>
>>
>> -------- Messaggio originale --------
>> Da: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> Data: 04/12/2015 21:18 (GMT+01:00)
>> A: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>> Cc: OSGeo-Board <board at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Oggetto: Re: [Board] Italian Project
>>
>> One small clarification, the "geodatabase to be published by free and
>> open source tools".
>>
>> Can we avoid the words geodatabase, although it is a descriptive name -
>> it is also the name of a proprietary file format.
>>
>> OSGeo may also wish to revise the above to be limited to "open-source"
>> tools - we are an advocate for software libre after all (Just being free is
>> not enough).
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 4 December 2015 at 07:36, Maria Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear OSGeo Board Members
>>> together with colleagues of other italian universities we are writing a
>>> proposal in answering the current call of the Italian Ministry of
>>> University. We are proposing a reseach based of urban geo big data
>>> (abstract attached).
>>>
>>> The units involved are:
>>> Politecnico di Milano (PI) Maria Brovelli
>>> Politecnico di Torino, Piero Boccardo
>>> La Sapienza University Rome, Mattia Crespi
>>> Padua University, Francesco Pirotti
>>> CNR, Riccardo Lanari
>>> ISPRA, Michele Munafò
>>> The project is based on open data and open GIS software. I wonder if,
>>> as * OSGeo*, you may/want to provide an endorsement letter.
>>> In case, I'm attaching a draft where simply you say that the project is
>>> of interest. Obviously feel free to modify or add what you want.
>>> The deadline for me to receive such a letter is December 18th.
>>>
>>> Many thanks! Have a lovely week end.
>>> Maria
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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Jody Garnett
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