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    Bruce, Dirk,<br>
    <br>
    we are fully aware that many tasks are still ahead of us. While
    rasdaman is the most advanced Array DBMS (all others are lab
    prototypes as of yet) we strive to satisfy the increasing wave of
    requirements posed. Just to give an idea, in the last year alone we
    have been able to close about 650 tickets. <br>
    <br>
    Now, speaking for myself, in the case on hand, some items I
    understand and others not entirely. For example, scalability is
    compared to what tool, is it based on a systematic benchmark? WCPS
    error handling has been an issue in the past indeed, and in response
    we have written an entirely new parser which specifically improves
    error management dramatically. Has this version been seen? Note that
    Dirk says "issues encountered in phase 1" so I believe this has not
    been reassessed with rasdaman 9.<br>
    <br>
    Again, we gladly take up any helpful criticism, and of course
    acknowledge that more work is coming down the road. We won't be
    jobless so soon :)<br>
    <br>
    HTH,<br>
    Peter<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/21/2014 10:07 PM, <a
        class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
        href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com">bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com</a>
      wrote:<br>
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      <div>Dirk,</div>
      <div><br>
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      <div>Many thanks for your observations and for your willingness to
        share these thoughts publicly.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>I note your concerns.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>I assume that these concerns can be resolved within the
        community edition in time, should the Rasdaman community wish to
        address them.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>@Peter, </div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Would you like to comment on this on behalf of the Project
        Steering Committee?</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>@Dirk,</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Would you like to comment on the usefulness of the current
        version of the Rasdaman Community edition to address the use
        cases that you have identified to date?</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Bruce<br>
        <br>
        <br>
      </div>
      <div><br>
        On 22 Oct 2014, at 12:14 am, Daems Dirk <<a
          moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:dirk.daems@vito.be">dirk.daems@vito.be</a>>


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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Our


                group is part of the remote sensing department of VITO,
                a Flemish research institute. We are using the Rasdaman
                community edition in an ESA GSTP project (the ‘ESE’
                project) in which we want to evaluate Rasdaman to:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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              style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span
                  style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt
                    "Times New Roman"">          </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">allow


                expert users to prototype new biophysical parameters
                using the WCPS query language.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">generate


                time-series of biophysical parameter values for
                pre-defined regions and user-defined regions, also using
                the WCPS query language.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We


                believe that Rasdaman should improve in a number of
                domains before using it beyond our proof of concept
                project:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoListParagraph"
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style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Scalability</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Null-value


                support</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Error


                handling, in particular for WCPS queries. In my opinion,
                this is extremely important for users who start learning
                the language.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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              style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Quality


                of implementation of new features: e.g. recently
                implemented parallel data import but also others …</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span
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                    "Times New Roman"">          </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Out-of-the


                box WMS with support for time-slicing so no need to
                duplicate data</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Despite


                the shortcomings listed above I must say the Rasdaman
                community team was always eager to help when we
                experienced problems. Many thanks for that! I hope this
                input will help to make Rasdaman a better tool.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best


                regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dirk


                Daems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">VITO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""
                      lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""
                    lang="EN-US"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:rasdaman-users@googlegroups.com">rasdaman-users@googlegroups.com</a>
                    [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:rasdaman-users@googlegroups.com">mailto:rasdaman-users@googlegroups.com</a>]
                    <b>On Behalf Of </b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com">bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com</a><br>
                    <b>Sent:</b> dinsdag 21 oktober 2014 3:36<br>
                    <b>To:</b> <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:rasdaman-dev@googlegroups.com">rasdaman-dev@googlegroups.com</a>>;


                    <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:rasdaman-users@googlegroups.com">rasdaman-users@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
                    <b>Cc:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:incubator@lists.osgeo.org">incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
                    <b>Subject:</b> [rasdaman-users] Fwd: [Incubator]
                    Recommend Graduation of Rasdaman from OSGeo
                    Incubation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Rasdaman Community,<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Can I please get an indication of how
                many people or organisations are using the community
                edition of Rasdaman?<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">A simple reply to this email sent to
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:rasdaman-users@googlegroups.com">
                  rasdaman-users@googlegroups.com</a> with a brief
                description of your use and how you are finding the
                functionality of the open source version of the
                application will suffice.<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">This information is required to
                support the current OSGeo Incubation Committee's
                assessment of Rasdaman as they consider a motion for
                Rasdaman to graduate from the graduation process.<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">I will direct the committee to your
                responses.<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">I'd appreciate it if we could get
                responses in the next 48 hours.<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Bruce<br>
                <br>
                <o:p></o:p></p>
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                Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>From:</b>
                  Frank Warmerdam <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:warmerdam@pobox.com">warmerdam@pobox.com</a>><br>
                  <b>Date:</b> 21 October 2014 10:30:43 am AEDT<br>
                  <b>To:</b> Peter Baumann <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:p.baumann@jacobs-university.de">p.baumann@jacobs-university.de</a>>,


                  Bruce Bannerman <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com">bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com</a>><br>
                  <b>Cc:</b> "<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:Incubator@lists.osgeo.org">Incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a>"
                  <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:incubator@lists.osgeo.org">incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>
                  <b>Subject:</b> <b>Re: [Incubator] Recommend
                    Graduation of Rasdaman from OSGeo Incubation</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">Bruce / Peter,<o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">I'm curious how widely used the
                      community version of Rasdaman is?  I'm ok with
                      dual licensing, but I want to know that the
                      community version is useful, and used, and that
                      folks who want to contribute new features to it
                      (even though replicating enterprise features) are
                      readily accepted.  The linked page does make the
                      enterprise version sound a lot better which is ok
                      as long as the community version is useful.  Any
                      feedback on that would be helpful.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">Also, I hadn't realized this
                      was intended as a motion since Motion did not
                      appear in the title, or email text.  If it is an
                      option motion for the incubation committee it is
                      good to make it very clear. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">Frank<o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 7:12
                      AM, Jody Garnett <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com"
                        target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>
                      wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the nomination
                        Bruce.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">As this list sees such low
                          traffic/participation we have struggled to
                          reach quorum. I would like to keep this motion
                          open for two weeks (10 business days) to allow
                          members to review and vote.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">--<o:p></o:p></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">Jody<o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888"><br
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                        </span><span class="hoenzb"><span
                            style="color:#888888"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                style="color:#888888">Jody Garnett</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at
                              10:25 PM, Bruce Bannerman <<a
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com"
                                target="_blank">bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com</a>>


                              wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
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                                    Project:                    Rasdaman
                                    <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                  style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Project
                                  Contact:       Peter Baumann<br>
                                  <br>
                                  Project Mentor:        Bruce Bannerman<br>
                                  <br>
                                  <br>
                                  Recommendation:   Rasdaman to Graduate
                                  from OSGeo Incubation<br>
                                  <br>
                                  <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal">Incubation
                                    Checklist:  <a
                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                                      href="http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist"
                                      target="_blank">
http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist</a><o:p></o:p></p>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                  </div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                  style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Comments:<br>
                                  <br>
                                  I have been monitoring and
                                  participating in the Rasdaman
                                  Community developer and user email
                                  lists for over four years. I plan to
                                  continue to participate within the
                                  community.<br>
                                  <br>
                                  It has been pleasing to see how the
                                  community has evolved over this time
                                  to develop effective, open and robust
                                  processes. <br>
                                  <br>
                                  I recommend to other FOSS4G
                                  communities to review what has been
                                  done, as you may well find that
                                  Rasdaman offers a compelling solution
                                  for the management of
                                  multi-dimensional array or gridded
                                  data that your project may be able to
                                  capitalise on.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal">A summary of
                                    community activity may be found at:
                                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                      href="https://www.openhub.net/p/rasdaman"
                                      target="_blank">
                                      https://www.openhub.net/p/rasdaman</a>
                                    <o:p></o:p></p>
                                </div>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                  style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Key
                                  project members are active within both
                                  OSGeo and the OGC.<br>
                                  <br>
                                  Within the OGC they have successfully
                                  guided a range of standards to support
                                  mutltidimensional array (gridded) data
                                  which have culminated (currently) in
                                  Web Coverage Service version 2.0 and a
                                  suite of extensions, see: <a
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs"
                                    target="_blank">http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs</a><br>
                                  <br>
                                  The project's principal, Professor
                                  Peter Baumann was also recently
                                  awarded OGC's prestigious Kenneth D
                                  Gardels award for his contributions to
                                  OGC.<br>
                                  <br>
                                  <br>
                                  <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal">After having
                                    participated within the community
                                    for four years and having reviewed
                                    their OSGeo Project Graduation
                                    Checklist, I believe that Rasdaman
                                    Community have fulfilled the
                                    requirements of OSGeo Incubation and
                                    are eligible to graduate as an OSGeo
                                    Project.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal">The only
                                  reservation that I have is over the
                                  dual licensing model that is used by
                                  the sponsoring company, Rasdaman GmbH.
                                  See: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="http://www.rasdaman.com/Product/commercial+free.php"
                                    target="_blank">http://www.rasdaman.com/Product/commercial+free.php</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                                  <br>
                                  There are two versions: Community (GPL
                                  and LGPL) and Enterprise (free from
                                  GPL constraints).<br>
                                  <br>
                                  The main difference between the two
                                  versions is summarised at: <a
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/Features"
                                    target="_blank">
http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/Features</a><o:p></o:p></p>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                                  <br>
                                  This dual licensing may create a
                                  problem for the Rasdaman Community in
                                  the future should Rasdaman GmbH decide
                                  to sell its stake in the Rasdaman
                                  Enterprise version of the software. We
                                  have already seen a similar situation
                                  arise after the sale of MySQL which
                                  was similarly licensed. <br>
                                  <br>
                                  However as the community edition of
                                  the software is released under open
                                  source licenses, I expect that the
                                  main impact would be to the continuity
                                  of the Rasdaman Community in its
                                  current form. In the event of a sale,
                                  we may see the software forked, as
                                  happened with MySQL.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal">For consideration
                                    and vote.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                      style="color:#888888">Bruce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>
                            Incubator mailing list<br>
                            <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="mailto:Incubator@lists.osgeo.org"
                              target="_blank">Incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
                            <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator"
                              target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                      _______________________________________________<br>
                      Incubator mailing list<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:Incubator@lists.osgeo.org">Incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
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                        href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator"
                        target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
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                    <o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">-- <br>
---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------<br>
                    I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank
                    Warmerdam, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:warmerdam@pobox.com" target="_blank">
                      warmerdam@pobox.com</a><br>
                    light and sound - activate the windows | <a
                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="http://pobox.com/%7Ewarmerdam"
                      target="_blank"> http://pobox.com/~warmerdam</a><br>
                    and watch the world go round - Rush    | Geospatial
                    Software Developer<o:p></o:p></p>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="80">-- 
Dr. Peter Baumann
 - Professor of Computer Science, Jacobs University Bremen
   <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.faculty.jacobs-university.de/pbaumann">www.faculty.jacobs-university.de/pbaumann</a>
   mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:p.baumann@jacobs-university.de">p.baumann@jacobs-university.de</a>
   tel: +49-421-200-3178, fax: +49-421-200-493178
 - Executive Director, rasdaman GmbH Bremen (HRB 26793)
   <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.rasdaman.com">www.rasdaman.com</a>, mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:baumann@rasdaman.com">baumann@rasdaman.com</a>
   tel: 0800-rasdaman, fax: 0800-rasdafax, mobile: +49-173-5837882
"Si forte in alienas manus oberraverit hec peregrina epistola incertis ventis dimissa, sed Deo commendata, precamur ut ei reddatur cui soli destinata, nec preripiat quisquam non sibi parata." (mail disclaimer, AD 1083)


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