<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Wow sorry, some email program made that text white on white and thus very hard to read:<div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">* I like the GeoNode one (<a href="https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md">CONTRIBUTING.md</a>) which provides the ability for small documentation fixes without a lot of bother.<br>* One like GDAL (<a href="https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md">CONTRIBUTING.md</a>) get into the mechanics of how to contribute with git and do not really meet the goal here of reminding folks that *<i>open source happens when you contribute some code</i>*<br>* Even the QGIS <a href="(https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md">(CONTRIBUTING.md</a>) one gets the point in a single sentence: <i>QGIS is an open source project and we appreciate contributions very much.</i> Although they link to their Due Diligence section which is good: <i>QGIS is licensed under the GPL. You should make every effort to ensure you only submit patches which are unencumbered by conflicting intellectual property rights. Also do not submit code that you are not happy to have made available under the GPL.</i></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 at 07:43, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Tom, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Just be clear, I only care about the CONTRIBUTING.md file, even just a short statement is fine:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">* I like the GeoNode one (<div dir="auto"><a href="https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md</a>) which provides the ability for small documentation fixes without a lot of bother.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">* One like GDAL (<div dir="auto"><a href="https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md</a>) get into the mechanics of how to contribute with git and do not really meet the goal here of reminding folks that *open source happens when you contribute some code*</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">* Even the QGIS (<div style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto"><span><a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md</a>) one gets the point in a single sentence: </span><i>QGIS is an open source project and we appreciate contributions very much. </i><span>Although they link to their Due Diligence section which is good: </span><i>QGIS is licensed under the GPL. You should make every effort to ensure you only submit patches which are unencumbered by conflicting intellectual property rights. Also do not submit code that you are not happy to have made available under the GPL.</i></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As for the use of public domain on one example file (which is basically documentation and not functional code) is just something I noticed that is not important (because people do not run it, only read it), and it is clear what you are trying to do etc…</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Let me know when you have a CONTRIBUTING.md file and I will be happy to put forward a nomination. We are a little late to get a motion passed in time for the OSGeo board June meeting; but we should be able to get this done for July (allowing the project to enjoy an announcement in time for FOSS4G).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Once again thanks for taking part in OSGeo, we do appreciate the time spent now on the open source work - it is what we are here to promote.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jody</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 2:05 PM Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thanks Even,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>With respect to TransformPoints.java, I am not that worried as it is an example and not part of the executable that is being distributed (I was trying to be careful and double check that you in fact checked the headers).</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>About CC0 - that is good research, checking OSI (which OSGeo tries to follow) the advise against use of CC0 for code: <a href="https://opensource.org/faq#cc-zero" target="_blank">https://opensource.org/faq#cc-zero</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Aside: The geotools project which I work on also has our code examples in the "public domain" as that was the best practice at the time. </div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 at 10:43, Even Rouault <<a href="mailto:even.rouault@spatialys.com" target="_blank">even.rouault@spatialys.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br>
- I did see your TransformPoints.java example is "public domain" (so not <br>
strictly open source, but we can consider it documentation eh?)<br>
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<a href="https://opensource.org/node/878" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://opensource.org/node/878</a> suggests to use CC0 <br>
(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/</a>) instead of public <br>
domain to get the same effect while being open source.<br>
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