[mapserver-dev] MapServer Incubation Status

[Schlagel, Joel D IWR]

Steve -
  if you could send me details on the license text for maptcl - I will have
it reviewed.

joel


> From: Steve Lime <Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us>
> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:47:00 -0500
> To: thomas bonfort <thomas.bonfort at gmail.com>
> Cc: <mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] MapServer Incubation Status
> 
> Has anyone taken a peek the "GOVERNMENT USE:" part? It looks to me like text
> required by the
> U.S. government and it doesn't impact other use of the software. In other
> words, it's a non-issue.
> 
> Steve
> 
>>>> On 7/16/2008 at 2:09 PM, in message
> <d2b988930807161209q5c6dee29xdc6d0303fe0bd7db at mail.gmail.com>, "thomas
> bonfort"
> <thomas.bonfort at gmail.com> wrote:
>> updated doc with
>> mapagg.h
>> mapagg.cpp
>> mapchart.c
>> maptclutf.c
>> maprgbapng.c
>> 
>> could knowledgeable people (probably from the US) have a look at the
>> header in maptclutf.c and comment on the "Government Use" part?
>> thanks,
>> thomas
>> 
>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Steve Lime <Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us>
>> wrote:
>>> Oh so close... Just need to finish the last few pieces of the provenance
>> review. I've updated the
>>> incubation status page:
>>> 
>>>  http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_incubation_status
>>> 
>>> and spent a couple of hours going through the provenance spreadsheet I
>> started (via Google):
>>> 
>>>  http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p3ovxbvq1mBuBRaJiIT14eA&gid=1
>>> 
>>> Very few things are left to document and no major IP issues have surfaced.
>> Supporting files for
>>> PHP/MapScript and language-specific SWIG modules still need to be tracked
>>> but 
>> that's shouldn't
>>> cause issues, just more busy work. I don't know that it's worth review of
>> things like msautotest,
>>> demos or test suites.
>>> 
>>> Devs, PLEASE take a look through the spreadsheet and update your stuff (let
>> me know if you need
>>> access).
>>> 
>>> Biggest obstacle to graduation is that the MapServer license is not OSI
>> certified. I don't think that
>>> can be changed with the UMN as a primary copyright holder and I have no
>> interest in trying to get
>>> them to assign copyright.
>>> 
>>> Steve
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