[OSGeo-Standards] OGC XML schemas and FOSS4G softwaredistribution

[Scott Simmons]

Cool - thanks, Bas!

George and I are the key people: he handles architecture and I handle the standards (including licensing issues).

Scott

> On Nov 26, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> On 26-11-15 19:44, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> Hi Scott,
>> Here is where I see this conversation stalling (on this list that I
>> follow):
>> 
>> On 24/02/2015 6:00 am, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
>>> Hi Scott,
>>> 
>>> On 02/23/2015 05:09 PM, Scott Simmons wrote:
>>>> OGC staff have been watching the conversation and we have discussed
>>>> internally how we might better meet the needs of this community.
>>>> I’ll get our license experts in touch with the FTP Masters this week.
>>>> We truly want to do whatever possible to ensure that OGC licensing is
>>>> not a hurdle!
>>> Thanks for your willingness to join the discussion with the Debian FTP
>>> masters!
>>> 
>>> Please keep the OSGeo Standards and Debian GIS lists in the loop.
>>> 
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> 
>>> Bas
>>> 
>> 
>> It sounds like it might be worth revisiting, and potentially drawing
>> upon relationships we have within OSGeo, UbuntuGIS and DebianGIS to see
>> if we can escalate.
> 
> I've contacted the FTP master in question today, see:
> 
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-gis/2015/11/msg00038.html <https://lists.debian.org/debian-gis/2015/11/msg00038.html>
> 
> If I also don't get a reply from any of the FTP masters on that, I can
> try to get the discussion going on the debian-legal list, ask advice
> from the technical committee, or DPL (project leader). So there are some
> more options available.
> 
>> I suspect Bas might be able to call on a favour or two, or we might be
>> able to call upon the OSGeo Board to reach out.
>> 
>> Who are the people within OGC to talk with about this?
> 
> George Percivall was previously recommended:
> 
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/standards/2015-February/000847.html <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/standards/2015-February/000847.html>
> 
>> On 26/11/2015 11:13 pm, Scott Simmons wrote:
>>> Bas,
>>> 
>>> We never heard back from the Debian folks on issues with OGC license
>>> terms. I would love to engage them, but admit that I am at a loss as
>>> to how to progress!
>>> 
>>> Best Regards.
>>> Scott
>>> 
>>> Scott Simmons
>>> Executive Director, Standards Program
>>> Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
>>> tel +1 970 682 1922
>>> mob +1 970 214 9467
>>> ssimmons at opengeospatial.org <mailto:ssimmons at opengeospatial.org> <mailto:ssimmons at opengeospatial.org <mailto:ssimmons at opengeospatial.org>>
>>> 
>>> The OGC: Making Location Count…
>>> www.opengeospatial.org <http://www.opengeospatial.org/> <http://www.opengeospatial.org <http://www.opengeospatial.org/>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 26, 2015, at 12:44 AM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 26-11-15 06:56, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>>> The OGC has technical and planning committee meetings in Sydney (my
>>>>> home
>>>>> town), next week, 30 Nov - 4 Dec 2016.
>>>>> http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1512tc <http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1512tc>
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm hoping to bump into some of the OGC attendees while in town. (In
>>>>> particular there is a GeoRabble event I will be at).
>>>>> 
>>>>> It might also be a good chance to talk about any OSGeo/OGC
>>>>> collaboration.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In particular, is the OGC interested in including the TEAM
>>>>> certification
>>>>> engine on OSGeo-Live? We have just kicked of the build process for
>>>>> our next
>>>>> release, and now would be an opportune time to discuss including the
>>>>> application.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also, we have previously discussed integrating OGC Standards
>>>>> documentation
>>>>> with OSGeo-Live documentation. Is the development of documentation
>>>>> of OGC
>>>>> standards still progressing?
>>>>> It might be a good chance to discuss that too.
>>>> 
>>>> If the OGC documentation is licensed under the terms of the OGC Document
>>>> Notice this is problematic due to the non-free nature of the license.
>>>> 
>>>> I'd like to know if OGC has been able to get in touch with the Debian
>>>> project to discuss the issues with the OGC Document & Software notices.
>>>> There hasn't been any public progress since this was last discussed on
>>>> this list ('OGC XML schemas and FOSS4G software distribution' thread).
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Bas
> 
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