Meeting Agenda

[Rich Steele]

Hello Board friends,

Since I'm getting good at this Wiki editing, I took the liberty to do some more "collaboration" on the board agenda to get a couple of additional items highlighted.

See:  http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/First_Board_Meeting

The first is to add a discussion item about high level IP issues.  We've gotten some questions on the discuss lists about licensing, contributions, etc., so I thought we could talk about that briefly.  I also created this doc to accompany the discussion (advance reading, if you have time):

http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/IP_Issues_Discussion_Document

The second item is to discuss Autodesk's need to find a comfortable home for MapGuide Open Source in the foundation before the next release scheduled at the end of the month.  In my mind, this will require a contribution agreement from Autodesk to OSGEO covering the MapGuide/FDO code, as well as the formal establishment of a PSC for the MapGuide Open Source project.  And, of course, the establishment of a PSC presupposes that the as-yet-undrafted foundation bylaws will adopt the PSC structure for project governance.  Although I believe there is general agreement on that point, I think the sooner we review, approve and ratify the bylaws, the better off we will be.

-Rich
 
Richard Steele
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