Thanks Venka, and I apologize for "beating a dead horse" (as we say in Idaho). <div><br></div><div>From your first link there is a clear implied agreement with the owners of <a href="http://foss4g.org">foss4g.org</a> 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". </div>
<div><br></div><div>This suggests that any plans for the usage of "FOSS4G" for a mini/regional/or topical conference (e.g. "FOSS4G for Hydro") could be done collaboratively with the OSGeo conference committee in the spirit of fostering goodwill, but there is no mandate or requirement to do this. (Indeed, ESRI could potentially host their own "FOSS4G" conference - though I suspect that they wouldn't).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Is this a correct interpretation?</div><div><br></div><div>- Dan</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br>On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Venka <<a href="mailto:venka.osgeo@gmail.com">venka.osgeo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>> Tyler Mitchell wrote:<br>> ...<br>>><br>>> I'll give others on the list a chance to share before spamming you<br>>> with too many links, but this thread might give enough background: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2008-June/000576.html">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2008-June/000576.html</a><br>
><br>> For additional background you may also take a look at<br>> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2007-October/000405.html">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2007-October/000405.html</a><br>
> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2007-October/000394.html">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2007-October/000394.html</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2006-October/000035.html">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2006-October/000035.html</a><br>
> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2006-October/000096.html">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2006-October/000096.html</a><br>><br>> Perhaps some other discussions on naming and usage of FOSS4G.<br>
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