[Board] LocationTech meeting October 2013 - short report

[Anne Ghisla]

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:09:43 +1100
Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> I expect LocationTech will last, keep in mind that LocationTech only
> now has enough participants to go on a road show (and has yet to form
> a steering committee). The Eclipse Foundation itself will last a long
> time in the future. I expect the role of LocationTech (as an industry
> working group) will evolve over time as spatial is used in more
> software.
> 
> The Eclipse Foundation operates with restrictions on the licenses
> used, so I do not see the possibility of merging. However individual
> projects may certainly belong to both organisations.
> 
> On the plus side the Eclipse Foundation is gradually relaxing in
> order to work with others (partially in response to the culture shift
> marked by Apache Considered Harmful ).

Hi all,

I agree with Jody, the merge is not a possibility now, while single
projects can belong to both organisations. For sure we can join forces
on specific activities, like organising events.

Anne

> On 29 October 2013 at 2:50:25 am, Bart van den Eijnden
> (bartvde at osgis.nl) wrote:
> 
> Hey Anne,  
> 
> this is also my impression, do you see the two co-existing for a long
> time in the future if that’s the case?  
> 
> Or would there be more synergies by merging (if this is at all a
> possibility)?  
> 
> Best regards,  
> Bart  
> 
> On 28 Oct 2013, at 16:43, Anne Ghisla <a.ghisla at gmail.com> wrote:  
> 
> > Hello Board!  
> >  
> > I attended LocationTech's working group meeting today:  
> > http://locationtech.org/content/working-group-meeting-october-2013  
> >  
> > The agenda items were grouped in two main topics: the LT East
> > Coast Tour (US, Canada):  
> > http://tour.locationtech.org/  
> >  
> > and the new projects and proposals:  
> > http://locationtech.org/list-of-projects  
> >  
> > The discussion showed me a point of view on geospatial
> > technologies that is quite close to OSGeo's vision.  
> > As the new liaison, I plan to keep the Board and wider community  
> > updated on LocationTech activities, and encourage collaboration on
> > our common goals.  
> >  
> > Best,  
> >  
> > Anne  
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