<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I wanted to respond to Suchith’s query but I found the strength and length of my thoughts to be too much to include in an email. I was also keen to share them with a wider audience than the regulars on this list.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So if you are interested in my views on the use of the adjective ‘open’ you can read my post on "Esri isn’t evil” at <a href="http://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/blog/esri-isnt-evil/" class="">http://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/blog/esri-isnt-evil/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Feel free to rant at me in the comments section of my blog or back her on the list</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">May the FOSS be with you<br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 23 Mar 2017, at 19:00, <a href="mailto:board-request@lists.osgeo.org" class="">board-request@lists.osgeo.org</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Send Discuss mailing list submissions to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org" class="">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class=""><br class="">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br class="">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>discuss-request@lists.osgeo.org<br class=""><br class="">You can reach the person managing the list at<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>discuss-owner@lists.osgeo.org<br class=""><br class="">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br class="">than "Re: Contents of Discuss digest..."<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Today's Topics:<br class=""><br class=""> 1. Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier<br class=""> properitery product as Open ? (Suchith Anand)<br class=""> 2. Re: Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier<br class=""> properitery product as Open ? (Jody Garnett)<br class=""> 3. Re: Is it possible for proprietary GIS vendor to market their<br class=""> proprietary product as Open ? (Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX))<br class=""> 4. Re: Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>market thier<br class=""> properitery product as Open ? (Kiringai Kamau)<br class=""> 5. Re: Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier<br class=""> properitery product as Open ? (María Arias de Reyna)<br class=""> 6. Re: Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier<br class=""> properitery product as Open ? (María Arias de Reyna)<br class=""> 7. Re: Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier<br class=""> properitery product as Open ? (María Arias de Reyna)<br class=""> 8. Re: Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>market thier<br class=""> properitery product as Open ? (Luís Moreira de Sousa)<br class=""> 9. Re: Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier<br class=""> properitery product as Open ? (María Arias de Reyna)<br class=""> 10. Re: Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier<br class=""> properitery product as Open ? (James Klassen)<br class=""> 11. Re: Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier<br class=""> properitery product as Open ? (Jody Garnett)<br class=""> 12. Re: GRASS GIS video from 1987: 30th anniversary<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>blog post /<br class=""> link (Jeff McKenna)<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Message: 1<br class="">Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:15:27 +0000<br class="">From: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk><br class="">To: "discuss@lists.osgeo.org" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>,<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"geoforall@lists.osgeo.org" <geoforall@lists.osgeo.org><br class="">Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>market thier properitery product as Open ?<br class="">Message-ID:<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><HE1PR0602MB2793B630B2ED4BC6B9032C66873C0@HE1PR0602MB2793.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br class="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br class=""><br class="">Hi all,<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">I have a query. If a properitery GIS vendor starts marketing thier properitery products as Open platform and software then what rights do the organisations and customers have who are mislead buying the properitery software thinking it is open have ? The definision of Proprietary software [1] is very clearly defined, so how can it be possible for any properitery GIS vendor to market their software knowingly as open platform if it is properitery?<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">This also greatly affects the business and revenues of true open source software companies . Who is responsible for any misleading marketing that results in losses to both customers who are mislead to buy the properitery software thinking it is open and also to other companies who do true open source business who lose out on the business opportunities? Is it right business ethics to do this?<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Best wishes,<br class=""><br class="">Suchith<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>