[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

[Barry Rowlingson]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net> wrote:

> The tone was "suprised" and "disappointed".
>
> Does advertising proprietary software solutions
> on OSGeo website count as "championing" for its cause ?
> I wouldn't expect that from my Open Source Compass.
>
> Or am I being misleaded by the lack of info on the net about
> the software names found on that osgeo page ?

 Proprietary software companies are big users of open source geo. Many
of them give back in different ways - some by developing open source
software alongside their proprietary code, some by patching and
contributing to community projects, and some by throwing money at us
[1].

 As long as they obey the license terms, I don't think OSGeo should
worry about taking money from PropGeo Corp. OSGeo does not suffer from
Stallmania, an uncontrollable urge to insist all software should be
free.

Barry

[1] and some (no names) by releasing code that needs their proprietary
code to work anyway, we call this "open-washing"...
http://opensource.com/business/14/12/openwashing-more-prevalent