[Aust-NZ] Re: Aust-NZ Digest, Vol 12, Issue 11

[Rob Atkinson]

I'm happy with this take on the issue.

I'd suggest it would be ideal, but perhaps not practical, to review
proprietary presentations for suitability.  People can always vote with
their feet I suppose, but it still reflects on the organisers IMHO.

Rob

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:00 AM, <aust-nz-request at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

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>   1. Can proprietary products be discussed/promoted at FOSS4G2009?
>      (Cameron Shorter)
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> From: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Aust-NZ] Can proprietary products be discussed/promoted at
>        FOSS4G2009?
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> While talking up FOSS4G2009 at a recent Australian conference (Qld SSI
> on the Gold Coast) we were asked:
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> "Are proprietary products allowed to be discussed/promoted at FOSS4G?"
>
> More specifically:
> * Do we accept presentations about integrating Open Source with
> Proprietary?
> * Do we accept presentations from proprietary vendors about how they can
> integrate with Open Standards/Open Source?
> * Are proprietary vendors allowed to Sponsor the conference?
> * Are proprietary vendors allowed to set up a booth?
> * Are proprietary vendors allowed to participate in an interoperability
> testbed?
>  - To what extent?
>
> My take is:
> FOSS4G 2009's theme is "User Driven" and users need to integrate open
> source with proprietary applications.
>
> So presentations and testbeds targeting "Integrating Proprietary with
> Open Source" should be encouraged, Proprietary only is not allowed, and
> at least 75% of the topics should be completely Open Source focused.
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