[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSSGIS German ... FOSS4G

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

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Frans,
in Germany this has worked fine and if the respective communities in
Indonesia want to collaborate this will be just fine. You can use the
name FOSS4G for local events if you follow the general guidelines [1].

On a global scale organizing these events has to take many other factors
into account which makes it a lot more difficult to join efforts.
"According to the Surveying and Mapping Law of the People's Republic of
China, private surveying and mapping activities are illegal in mainland
China." [1] could make an OSM conference in China a bit tricky.

Cheers,
Arnulf

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G#Using_the_Name_FOSS4G
[2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_China#Legality


On 17.11.2011 10:06, Frans Thamura wrote:
> is that possible that FOSS4G also supported by OSM?
> 
> so we can use this brand, because FOSS4G more popular.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Marco Lechner - FOSSGIS e.V.
> <marco.lechner at fossgis.de <mailto:marco.lechner at fossgis.de>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Frans,
> 
>     it is correct, that FOSSGIS conference includes OpenStreetMap.
>     Because the german FOSSGIS e.V. (existing since 2000) in one
>     function is the OSGeo local chapter for german speaking people. But
>     the FOSSGIS e.V. is also a big supporter of OSM in the german
>     speaking countries. the german OSM communites were looking for a
>     conference-like thing and so we added OSM tracks to the FOSSGIS
>     conference which were good accepted by the OSM community.  In the
>     nmeanwhile the OSM community is also integrated in the organisation
>     of the conference.
> 
>     Best regards
> 
>     Marco
> 
>     Am 17.11.2011 01:09, schrieb Frans Thamura:
>>     hi alll
>>
>>     arnulf mentioned about FOSSGIS
>>
>>     i got this URL
>>
>>     http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2012/
>>
>>     is FOSS4G just for OSgeo event..
>>
>>     and FOSSGIS look like OSgeo + OSM..
>>
>>     thx
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