[OSGeo-Discuss] Supporting Standards

[Stefano Costa]

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Il 06/09/2012 17:26, Seven (aka Arnulf) ha scritto:
> Folks, one item on the OGC Architecture Board meeting agenda today
> was to look at this web site: http://open-stand.org/principles/
> 
> - From my perspective the principles listed here are very much
> aligned with our goals and nicely worded. So my suggestion is to
> support this initiative as an organization [1]. Let's have a dialog
> here and if we come to the conclusion that we want to officially
> endorse this submit a motion to the board for their next meeting.

I'm a bit worried by the vague wording of those principles.

More in detail, point 4 is crucial, stating that:

    fair terms may vary from royalty-free to fair, reasonable, and
    non-discriminatory terms (FRAND).

See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#RAND for some
background of why this is problematic for free and open source
software (our mission, I believe).

Ciao
steko
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