[OSGeo-Discuss] "Free"

Paolo Cavallini cavallini at faunalia.it
Tue Mar 6 00:08:22 PST 2007


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+1; please do not include non-libre software in the conference.
pc

Markus Neteler ha scritto:
> Then let's have a "free as in beer" slot for such software.
> It would be harmful to mix free software (as in liberty) with
> gratis (or whatever) software in the same slot. At least
> the proposal does not quite match the OSGeo aims.
> 
> http://www.osgeo.org/content/faq/foundation_faq.html#Projects_Joining_the_Foundation
> 
> "Does the foundation mandate a particular license for software?
> 
> The foundation only accepts projects that use OSI-certified licenses
> for their software, and requires that projects stick to OSI-certified
> licenses.
> ..."
> 
> Since FOSS4G2007 is presented by OSGeo, the accepted contributions
> should somehow reflect OSGeo aims.
> 
> Markus
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