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Hi Martin,<br>
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just from the first few lines he is confusing "open source" and
"free software" so<br>
so if he's not intentionally messing up to create confusion, "fear,
uncertainty and doubt" (FUD strategy)<br>
he has *no clue of what he is talking about*; tell him;<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Il 15/06/2015 14.43, Martin Isenburg ha
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<div dir="ltr">Hello folks,
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<div>for years I have enjoyed reading Lewis Graham's "Random
Points" column in the LiDAR News magazine. I usually get
some novel insight or come across a thought-provoking new
concept and this month's column is especially interesting.
It mashes up the ongoing "LAZ clone" conflict that asks to
keep LiDAR stored in "open formats" with the practically
related but conceptually independent "open source"
software movement.</div>
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<div>The article revives Steve Ballmers “Linux is a
cancer” mantra it talks about how the GPL license is a
"time-bomb" and makes Asia Air Survey - the gold
sponsor of QGIS - appear blue-eyed in their support of
such a "viral license". But it is probably best you read
the entire two pages for yourself.<br>
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<div>As Lewis' opinions are regarded highly by the LiDAR and
photogrammetry industries (myself included) and as the
first few paragraphs of this widely-circulated LiDAR
magazine article are a complete distortion of my personal
motivation on "open formats" that will directly hurt my
professional reputation, I have little choice but to
respond with a correction to his column. Let me know if
you have any errata on Lewis' comments about the danger of
open source licenses that you want me to include.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div>Martin @rapidlasso</div>
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