<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>I would also be interested. Have not read the entire thread yet. That said, most (all?) large app and software providers now offer open APIs. Check out Google, Twitter, Amazon and on and on. These APIs are "open" because anyone can implement, use, develop, etc. You could even use the API definition to implement your own API against your own back end servers. Based on the license type (often Apache) the caveat is that you could not sell that "new" API. <br><br></div>Now, of course, all of these open APIs access one or more back end server apps or services and there may are may not be a fee for using those apps or services. Most of these software and infrastructure companies allow limited free use of the back end service and/or geospatial data access.<br><br></div><div>Obviously, there is some continuum of what the market says about what is open and what is not.<br><br></div><div>So, if the API is open and the client is free and there is free (but limited) access to proprietary services and data, is this open? <br></div><div><br></div>Interesting question :-)<br><br></div>Cheers<br><br></div>Carl<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 1:21 AM, Jody Garnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">And here is the biz model definition, I would be interested if the original poster can clarify in which context the word was used :)<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 9:55 PM Ravi Kumar <<a href="mailto:manarajahmundry2015@gmail.com" target="_blank">manarajahmundry2015@gmail.com</a><wbr>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"><div class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"><div class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"><div class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"><div class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg">This is a good thread, and let us discuss to derive a 'Note', for those facing 'Questions', evangelising Free and Open GIS.<br class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"><br class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"></div>I suggest this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_platform" class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Open_platform</a> for many who wish to know. <br class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"></div>May be we can have a page on, 'OSGeo Wiki' on this topic.<br class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"></div>Cheers<br class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg">Ravi Kumar<br class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"><div class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"><div class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"><br class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"><br class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg">On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 1:45 AM, Suchith Anand <span dir="ltr" class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"><<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk" class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg" target="_blank">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.<wbr>uk</a>></span> wrote:<br class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg"><blockquote class="gmail_quote m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg">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 ?<span class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg">
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?</span>
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<p class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg">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
<span class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg">properitery</span> software thinking it is open and also to other companies who do true open source business who lose out on the business opportunities?
<span class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg">Is it right business ethics to do this?</span><br class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg">
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<p class="m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg">[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software" class="m_3168126561734565315m_2738536453623935206m_-7833137316540741667OWAAutoLink m_3168126561734565315gmail_msg" id="m_3168126561734565315m_2738536453623935206m_-7833137316540741667LPlnk311564" target="_blank">
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Proprietary_software</a> </p>
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