[Board] Fwd: [postgis-devel] OGC compliant certified

[Tyler Mitchell]

Sounds new to me Paul.  I can dig into unless someone else on the board has the inside scoop already.
cc'ing Carl.

Tyler

On 2011-06-07, at 11:44 AM, Paul Ramsey wrote:

> Hi Board,
> Is there a place in our OGC MOU for OSGeo projects to get certified
> and advertise their certification status without annual fees as OSGeo
> projects?
> P.
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Chris Hodgson <chodgson at refractions.net>
> Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [postgis-devel] OGC compliant certified
> To: PostGIS Development Discussion <postgis-devel at postgis.refractions.net>
> 
> 
> Ok, sorry, I was somewhat misinformed, and I should revise my earlier statement.
> 
> PostGIS WAS certified, and was to my knowledge the reference
> implementation for Simple Features for SQL types and functions
> profile.
> 
> Refractions has since decided that there is little value for the
> company to continue to pay the annual licensing fees required by OGC
> in order to maintain the right to advertise that PostGIS is certified.
> Annual fees, per version of postgis, per version of specification,
> based on the gross revenues of the "parent" company.
> 
> I can't help but wonder which other open source packages do continue
> to pay these fees. I wonder if there is a role for OSGeo to play here,
> as there is the potential to cap the overall licensing fees for a
> single OGC member organization.
> 
> Regardless, the answer two your question is that both websites are
> correct, as PostGIS previously was, and therefore "has been" certified
> as compliant. But as the OpenGIS site is telling you, we are not
> currently paying for the right to advertise that fact using the OGC's
> trademarks.
> 
> Fun stuff.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> Chris Hodgson wrote:
>> 
>> Postgis is in fact certified, there is a scan of the signed certificate here:
>> 
>> http://postgis.refractions.net/files/opengis-certification.png
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> masha_alessandro at libero.it wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello
>>> In the Postgis  Home page it's wrote "PostGIS follows the OpenGIS "Simple Features Specification for SQL" and has been *certified as compliant* with the "Types and Functions" profile".
>>> But when I open th OGC site and look for the Specification -->Simple Feature - SQL - Types and Functions - PostgreGIS/PostgreSQL, the OGC Spec doesn't appear in green (certified product) and isn't marked as compliant!
>>> Anyone could give me some more information?
>>> Is the OGC web sites updated!
>>> 
>>> I need it for legal question.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Alex
>>> 
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