<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks Bruce. The Board discussed the below today FYI. I've left some notes at <a href="https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/80#issuecomment-9799">https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/80#issuecomment-9799</a></div><div><br></div><div>Next steps will be to table the proposed updates to OGC/Scott.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>..Tom<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 7:03 PM Bruce Bannerman <<a href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com">bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear OSGeo Board,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">For Information:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Please see below the results of an OSGeo Standards List discussion of the proposed OSGeo / OGC MOU.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This is the culmination of a six week community engagement process to discuss the MOU and related open spatial standards issues.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">There have been no dissenting views expressed the the proposal below in the week since I originally sent it to the Standards List.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I understand that from Tom Kralidis that this proposal now needs to go back to the team negotiating the proposed MOU. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Kind regards,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Bruce </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Bruce Bannerman <<a href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> 10 September 2021 at 11:25:02 AEST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:standards@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">standards@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Tom Kralidis <<a href="mailto:tomkralidis@gmail.com" target="_blank">tomkralidis@gmail.com</a>>, Scott Simmons <<a href="mailto:ssimmons@ogc.org" target="_blank">ssimmons@ogc.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[OSGeo-Standards] Proposal to accept OSGeo / OGC MOU</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>I’ll bring the OSGeo Standards List review of the proposed OSGeo/OGC MOU to a close now.</div><div><br></div><div>People on the list have had ample time to comment.</div><div><br></div><div>The comments that have been made are generally in support of the MOU.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I propose on behalf of the OSGeo Standards Community that:</div><div><br></div><div><ul><li>The OSGeo Board accept the proposed MOU, with the following modifications to Exhibit A:</li></ul><div><br></div><div>Change Clause 4 at [3] below, to</div></div><div><br></div><div>“4. <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">OSGeo will collaborate with OGC to identify open source technologies that can be used as Reference Implementations for and to validate compliance tests developed for OGC adopted standards.</span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">”</span></font></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Insert new clause after 4.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">“n. OGC </span></font><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">will waive the Trademark License fee associated with Compliance certification to 1) OSGeo recognised O</span>pen Source products that are not subject to proprietary dual licensing; 2) Open Source products selected by OGC as a <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Reference Implementation;</span> and 3) the relevant software <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">passes OGC Compliance test</span> <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">procedures. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">This </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Trademark License </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">fee is typically paid by the developer on an annual basis. This waiver will remain in effect for that version of software. An </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">OSGeo recognised O</span>pen Source product is one that has been approved by the OSGeo Incubation Committee and the OSGeo Board as either an OSGeo Project, or an OSGeo Community Project.<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">"</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I’ll leave this proposal open for 5 days from the date of this email for comment, prior to sending it to the OSGeo Board on the 15th September 2021 UTC.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Bruce</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>P.S. A list of OSGeo Projects, including Community Projects may be found at:</div><div><br></div><div><ul><li><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/projects/" target="_blank">https://www.osgeo.org/projects/</a> </li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 10 Aug 2021, at 00:55, Tom Kralidis <<a href="mailto:tomkralidis@gmail.com" target="_blank">tomkralidis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone: hope you are all doing well. Per subject and [1][2], we have been working</div><div>with OGC to renew our Memorandum of Understanding, and now have a draft (Exhibit A) of</div><div>the MOU for your review and comment.<br></div><br><div>Please see [3] for your review, comment and input. Anyone with the link should be able to</div><div>comment in the document.</div><div><br></div><div>This is an important time for the updated MOU. Open Source and Open Standards are</div><div>natural, healthy and evolving, and this MOU will grow the collaboration between our</div><div>organizations especially given OGC's increasing focus on developers. Note that the MOU</div><div>provides OSGeo an Associate Membership as well as the opportunity for input into the next</div><div>generation of compliance testing (CITE).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Input and feedback is requested by Friday, 03 September 2021 at 12h UTC.</div><div><br></div><div>If there are no major issues, we will put the MOU for approval at the F2F Board meeting following</div><div>FOSS4G 2021.<br></div><div><br></div><div>If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance.</div><div><br></div><div>On behalf of those involved in updating the MOU (OGC, OSGeo MOU Review Team).<br></div><div><br></div><div>..Tom</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MoU_OGC/Review_2020" target="_blank">https://wiki.<span>osgeo</span>.org/wiki/MoU_OGC/Review_2020</a></div><div>[2] <a href="https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/80" target="_blank">https://git.<span>osgeo</span>.org/gitea/<span>osgeo</span>/todo/issues/80</a></div><div>[3] <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LNbDCkmjqfOtrUjOLkYNNhKhtPzXI_uCAC4R-l8drbY" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LNbDCkmjqfOtrUjOLkYNNhKhtPzXI_uCAC4R-l8drbY</a></div></div>
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