[Board] Italian Project

Sun Dec 6 01:23:36 PST 2015

Thanks Jody. In this case I don't think there is any ambiguity reading in the sentence. I'll leave it as it is. On the opposite with respect to the previous comment, that related to "geodatabase", I changed this word with "geospatial database". 
Many thanks to the Board for considering my request.
Lovely Sunday.
Maria

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Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor
Politecnico di Milano

ISPRS WG IV/5 "Web and Cloud Based Geospatial Services and Applications"; OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET 

Sol Katz Award 2015

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> Il giorno 06 dic 2015, alle ore 05:29, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> ha scritto:
> 
> English is indeed weird! The name of the conference is fine, indeed the sentence is fine - I just wondered if we wanted to be more specific in this government communication. 
>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 2:55 PM Maria Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:
>> But, just for clarity, does it mean that 
>> 
>> FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geo) is wrong? or  at least somebody can think that we are interested in free and close software?
>> 
>> Because I, with my poor English,  interpret "free and open source" as "free and, at the same time, open" not "or free or open".
>> 
>> Therefore really the name of our conferences is wrong?
>> English is so weird  :-D
>> 
>> 
>> Maria
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>> 
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>> Il 04/12/2015 23:45, Jody Garnett ha scritto:
>>> Sorry will try again - consider changing the sentence to: "by means of open-source tools,"
>>> 
>>> The use of the word free can include software that is free to use, but not open source. I remember in Brazil open source was having a hard time gaining traction as a university GIS system was available for free in the market, but it was not open source.
>>> 
>>> If you believe your bid is price sensitive consider changing the sentence to "by means of free open-source tools,".
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>> 
>>>> On 4 December 2015 at 12:41, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:
>>>> Sorry but the second point is not clear to me. What do you mean? The project refers to free and open source software. What has OSGeo against free and open source software?  
>>>> Maria
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -------- Messaggio originale --------
>>>> Da: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> 
>>>> Data: 04/12/2015 21:18 (GMT+01:00) 
>>>> A: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> 
>>>> Cc: OSGeo-Board <board at lists.osgeo.org> 
>>>> Oggetto: Re: [Board] Italian Project 
>>>> 
>>>> One small clarification, the "geodatabase to be published by free and open source tools". 
>>>> 
>>>> Can we avoid the words geodatabase, although it is a descriptive name - it is also the name of a proprietary file format. 
>>>> 
>>>> OSGeo may also wish to revise the above to be limited to "open-source" tools - we are an advocate for software libre after all (Just being free is not enough).
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>> 
>>>>> On 4 December 2015 at 07:36, Maria Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:
>>>>> Dear OSGeo Board Members 
>>>>> together with colleagues of other italian universities we are writing a proposal in answering the current call of the Italian Ministry of University. We are proposing a reseach based of urban geo big data (abstract attached).
>>>>> 
>>>>> The units involved are: 
>>>>> Politecnico di Milano (PI) Maria Brovelli 
>>>>> Politecnico di Torino, Piero Boccardo 
>>>>> La Sapienza University Rome, Mattia Crespi 
>>>>> Padua University, Francesco Pirotti 
>>>>> CNR, Riccardo Lanari 
>>>>> ISPRA, Michele Munafò 
>>>>> The project is based on open data and open GIS software. I wonder if, as OSGeo, you may/want to provide an endorsement letter. 
>>>>> In case, I'm attaching a draft where simply you say that the project is of interest. Obviously feel free to modify or add what you want.
>>>>> The deadline for me to receive such a letter is December 18th.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Many thanks! Have a lovely week end. 
>>>>> Maria 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor
>> Politecnico di Milano
>> 
>> ISPRS WG IV/5 "Web and Cloud Based Geospatial Services and Applications"; OSGeo; ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS AB; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET 
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>>  
>> Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO (ITALY)
>> Tel. +39-031-3327336 - Mob. +39-328-0023867 - fax. +39-031-3327321
>> e-mail1: maria.brovelli at polimi.it
>> e-mail2: prorettrice at como.polimi.it
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> Jody Garnett
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