[Board] motion: OSGeo signing certificates

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

> On 17 Oct 2015, at 08:16, Massimiliano Cannata <massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch <mailto:massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>> wrote:
> 
> +0 maxi
> Because i didn't had the chanche to deeper dig into this, and ideally i don't like a system asking to pay for installing a free software.
> 

Just a note that no end user is going to be required to pay anything. The system is very much like buying an SSL certificate for your web site. You buy the certificate from a certificate authority who provides verification if someone asks ‘is this site really encrypted by the people who own it?’. In the case of software you but a signing certificate and sign it, users who download  and install it can verify that it really originates from OSGEO or one of its sub-projects.

Regards

Tim

> Maxi
> 
> Il 17/Ott/2015 02:08, "Helena Mitasova" <hmitaso at ncsu.edu <mailto:hmitaso at ncsu.edu>> ha scritto:
> +1 Helena
> 
> > On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp <mailto:raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>> wrote:
> >
> > +1 Venka
> >
> > On 2015/10/17 3:44, 신상희 wrote:
> >> +1
> >>
> >> Sanghee
> >> 2015. 10. 16. 오후 7:21에 "Jody Garnett"
> >> <jody.garnett at gmail.com <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>
> >> 님이 작성:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I would like to make the following motion:
> >>>
> >>> *Authorize up to $500 USD/annual for the SAC to obtain signing
> >>> certificates for use by OSGeo projects (as per request of the QGIS PSC).
> >>> Larry Shaffer as agreed to join the SAC committee to facilitate this
> >>> activity.*
> >>>
> >>> Request: Please keep this thread on topic (+1,+0,-0,-1) and save
> >>> discussion for the other thread if you need a clarification.
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> >>> Jody Garnett
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> Helena Mitasova
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