<div dir="auto">Fyi,<div dir="auto">There's a "geo for all" newsletter since ages... But is not for open source only ;-)</div><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto"><a href="http://www.rivistageomedia.it/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=482&key=4dc9ro0Y&subid=52700-701c307f8d0c4b994b9fa755d5c5ad08&tmpl=component&acm=52700_482">http://www.rivistageomedia.it/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=482&key=4dc9ro0Y&subid=52700-701c307f8d0c4b994b9fa755d5c5ad08&tmpl=component&acm=52700_482</a><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Il 02 ago 2017 11:08 PM, "Cameron Shorter" <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> ha scritto:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>I suggest it would be worth making clear geoforall principles for
joining geoforall [1], which includes promoting Open Source GIS
Software. (I could envisage a proprietary vendor claiming
compliance with "promoting Geospatial for All", by promoting their
proprietary product, or promoting an open source extension to
their proprietary product.)<br>
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<p>[1] <a class="m_4047935205989265627moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.geoforall.org/how_to_join/" target="_blank">http://www.geoforall.org/how_<wbr>to_join/</a><br>
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<div class="m_4047935205989265627moz-cite-prefix">On 3/8/17 1:08 am, Suchith Anand wrote:<br>
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Dear colleagues,<br>
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I had a query recently on if a university lab backed by
some proprietary GIS vendors can start moving to open principles
in Geoeducation[1] . I replied that very definitely .In fact
many of our GeoForAll university labs (even just few years
back!) were using proprietary GIS software ONLY before they
switched to Open principles to ensure open innovation . All
universities are welcome to start downloading all OSGeo software
and install in your lab machines as you wish. You don't need any
ones permission to install OSGeo software and teach your
students . It is good to show students both proprietary and open
solutions, so they start appreciating the importance of open
solutions for innovation. It will also help build open minds
for students and contribute to open knowledge. We also welcome
all academics and educators to give away OSGeo live DVDs [2] to
your students. Freedom is a fundamental right.<br>
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We look forward to help this migration of former properitery
GIS only labs to move to Open Principles in Geospatial Science
education. Thanks to all OSGeo volunteers who helped make tools
like QGIS available free to all schools worldwide forever.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
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Suchith<br>
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[1] <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-July/003959.html" class="m_4047935205989265627OWAAutoLink" id="m_4047935205989265627LPlnk753960" target="_blank">
http://lists.osgeo.org/<wbr>pipermail/geoforall/2017-July/<wbr>003959.html</a> <br>
[2] <a href="https://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html" class="m_4047935205989265627OWAAutoLink" id="m_4047935205989265627LPlnk624139" target="_blank">
https://live.osgeo.org/en/<wbr>index.html</a> <br>
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