[OSGeo-Conf] Regarding local/mini conferences

[Frank Warmerdam]

 > On 30/09/10 02:59, Daniel Ames wrote:
 >> From your first link there is a clear implied agreement with the
 >> owners of foss4g.org <http://foss4g.org> when it was donated to OSGeo
 >> was that there would be no restriction on the use of the acronym when
 >> it is used for the "legitimate purpose of promoting Free and Open
 >> Source Software for Geoinformatics".

Folks,

I hope this statement won't get lost.  I am not aware of us holding a
trademark on FOSS4G, and if explicitly or implicitly we promised the
original holders of foss4g.org to allow broad use of the domain and term
then we are in no position to restrict reasonable use of FOSS4G.

I don't want OSGeo in the position of overreaching itself with regard to
control of the FOSS4G term.

Best regards,
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