MapServer Foundation - Open Letter

[Bob Basques]

Count me in on this approach.

Although the Foudation naming seems over long (and not very easy o 
remember.)

I don't really have a replacement either, but this method of naming 
seems the most logical for explanation to new (and seasoned) users of 
MapServer (I mean Foundation) stuff.

bobb


Chip Taylor wrote:

>My input (and this needs to be done before the concrete sets on all this:
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>1. Change the name of the Foundation to something less product-pointed and
>more in keeping with the purpose, such as Foundation for Open Source Web
>Mapping
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>2. Add the Foundation moniker to the existing names for the two code bases:
>     FOSWM Mapserver
>     FOSWM MapGuide
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>3. Specify in the charter that no code from any FOSWM may be included in a
>commercial product.
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>My input (FWIW),
>  Chip "Acronym Man" Taylor
>  Prepared Response, Inc.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
>>Behalf Of Gary Lang
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:01 AM
>>To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapServer Foundation - Open Letter
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>>OK. So here's a sincere call for input.
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>>Here's the rub. Regardless of who made the mistake of suggesting it, I
>>liked the name and agreed that we would go with it, so I'll take
>>responsibility for MSE.
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>>On the back of that, we - what can now be seen as the TSC-x cabal + 1
>>ADSK person - started drifting from foundation names that had more
>>umbrella-like characteristics like osgis.org, mapcommunity, maptools,
>>etc. and towards something that focuses on what we were putting out
>>together. Based on the fact that both products were named MapServer in
>>the root, we went with "MapServer Foundation".
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>>Now let's assume we change the name back to MapGuide. Why would I now
>>want to cripple any hope of adoption by anybody by putting it in a
>>foundation (that I helped name) that highlights one map serving product
>>over another?
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>>So far the community is showing more common sense than we were on this,
>>so I'm interested to hear your opinions.
>>
>>Gary
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