<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IMO:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks Ivan,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Agreed.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">While government can certainly incubate,
sponsor and contribute to projects. My personal opinion is that they are
better run by 'the community'.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If the project is good enough, it should
get sufficient supporters and hopefully be picked up by a 'central authority'
like OSGeo.</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Bruce </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt><br>
> <br>
> That sounds like removing the "F" from FOSS or should I
say, that is a <br>
> bazaar inside a cathedral. :)<br>
> <br>
> Seriously now, IMHO, as an FOSS contributor and a commercial software
<br>
> developer that uses FOSS, I believe that there is a complicated process
<br>
> of getting to the point to embrace a FOSS initiative and that statement
<br>
> does not help it at all. Where are the decisions made, in public <br>
> e-mail-lists or in a cabinet? What about election and cabinet change?<br>
> <br>
> I am not saying that a government agency can't be the incubator of
a <br>
> *F*OSS, there are numerous successful example out there, but the <br>
> governance of the project matter a lot. "If you love your OSS
project <br>
> set it free".<br>
> <br>
</tt></font>
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