[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: License shopping

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Oh, yes, I do plan to put the slides into the library -- but first they
need some bake time and some input from others before I'm happy with it.
Plus, I need to put them into the official OSGeo template...

[In the meantime, I am sending copies directly to those who've kindly
requested it.]

-mpg

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mail_discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:mail_discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of 
> Arnulf Christl
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:26 AM
> To: OSGeo Foundation Discuss List
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: License shopping
> 
> Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
> > Thanks to all who gave me suggestions and pointers -- turns 
> out there
> > are a few decent articles and such out there, but at the 
> end of the day
> > you really just need to work through Lawrence Rosen's book.
> > 
> > (I've put together a quick ~25 slide presentation on this 
> material, if
> > anyone's interested.)
> > 
> > -mpg
> 
> Hi mpg,
> I am highly interested in both. The presentation should be 
> made available through the Drupal site (but I have not found 
> our VsiCom slot yet?!) and could you give me a link to 
> Lawrence Rosen's book? We have excellent literature in German 
> language, one even focused on Geospatial, but English 
> language books are not that well known, I stumbled accross 
> Carl Fogel's excellent produceoss only recently. 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:mpg at lizardtech.com] 
> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:45 PM
> >> To: discuss at mail.osgeo.org
> >> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] License shopping
> >>
> >> Let's say I'm in the market for a shiny new OSI-approved 
> >> license, and I
> >> want to do some comparison shopping.  Any suggestions for 
> resources?
> >>
> >> Specifically, I'm looking for presentations, white papers, 
> etc, that
> >> discuss the pros/cons of the major classes of licences 
> (BSD/MIT, GPL,
> >> Artistic, etc).  Ideally something with an eye towards 
> discussion of
> >> business issues for chossing one over the other, but I'll 
> take what I
> >> can get.  (I do have Rosen's book here, but I'm looking for 
> >> additional /
> >> 2nd-source material.)
> >>
> >> -mpg
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