[OSGeo-Discuss] "Free"

[Jody Garnett]

So is the conference about "Free" and "Open Source" software ...
or "Free and Open Source software" ...

(*cough*  
http://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Tolerance-Punctuation/dp/1592400876 
)

Looking at MapViewer pages - trying to see if I can download the source 
code:
- http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/mapviewer/index.html

I can download an EAR file (but need the usual I am not a terrorist 
disclaimer) and "Oracle Technology Network Development License 
Agreement" - not sure if that is an open source license or not?

It does have the following:
> Open Source
> "Open Source" software - software available without charge for use, 
> modification and distribution - is often licensed under terms that 
> require the user to make the user's modifications to the Open Source 
> software or any software that the user 'combines' with the Open Source 
> software freely available in source code form.  If you use Open Source 
> software in conjunction with the programs, you must ensure that your 
> use does not: (i) create, or purport to create, obligations of us with 
> respect to the Oracle programs; or (ii) grant, or purport to grant, to 
> any third party any rights to or immunities under our intellectual 
> property or proprietary rights in the Oracle programs.  For example, 
> you may not develop a software program using an Oracle program and an 
> Open Source program where such use results in a program file(s) that 
> contains code from both the Oracle program and the Open Source program 
> (including without limitation libraries) if the Open Source program is 
> licensed under a license that requires any "modifications" be made 
> freely available.  You also may not combine the Oracle program with 
> programs licensed under the GNU General Public License ("GPL") in any 
> manner that could cause, or could be interpreted or asserted to cause, 
> the Oracle program or any modifications thereto to become subject to 
> the terms of the GPL.
Bleck; I just wish they would publish their jdbc drivers in a maven 
repository some where and get out of my way. Nice database - shame about 
the source code.
Jody

Jody
> Oracle has submitted this workshop proposal to the "Free and Open 
> Source Software for Geospatial 2007 Conference".
>
> This workshop describes how to use Oracle Database Express Edition 
> (XE) and Oracle MapViewer to develop a simple yet powerful geospatial 
> web application called “Geo Tags”. Documents (photos, pdf or word 
> docs, video clips) are geo-tagged and stored in the database. 
> MapViewer displays the locations referenced in the geo-tags and 
> retrieves documents at, or within, a user specified location.
>