[OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Open Source Users Charter

[Daniel Morissette]

I like your article too. Not sure if/how we could make this an official 
OSGeo statement, but I'm definitely a big +1 on seeing more blog 
articles like this!

Daniel


On 14-07-14 9:50 AM, Even Rouault wrote:
> Steven,
>
> I'm very supportive of your thoughts and think it could be adopted as an
> official OSGeo statement. Well done.
>
> If I can make a suggestion, perhaps the Donate picture should show banknotes
> rather than coins ;-)
>
> Even
>
>> A couple of months back I asked whether their was any contribution guidance
>> that we offered to organisations using OSGeo software. Apart from Jody’s
>> reply there wasn’t any response. I think we are missing an opportunity to
>> encourage and help user organisations to contribute time and/or funding to
>> OSGeo and it’s projects, so I have written this blog post
>> http://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch/
>> which sets out some thoughts on "Good practice for organisations using
>> OSGeo software”. Hopefully it will prompt some discussion. I have posted
>> on my blog as I didn’t feel that I should post something as speculative as
>> this on the wiki without community endorsement, whenever people want we
>> can move a version to the wiki. Feel free to comment on this mail thread
>> or on the blog. ____________
>> Steven Feldman
>>
>> On 5 May 2014, at 04:57, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> You may like to at what Arnulf has been doing towards certification.
>>> Endorsing is a trickery game indeed.
>>>
>>> For GeoServer we simply list organizations, noting what kind of work each
>>> is known for ( but not offering an endorsement).
>>>
>>> http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/Commercial+Support
>>>
>>> On Sunday, May 4, 2014, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks Jody
>>>
>>> I would like to have a document or web link to point at as the start of a
>>> conversation with an organisation. It can’t be mandatory but we might
>>> want to consider community endorsement of organisations which adopt the
>>> charter or 'social contract'
>>>
>>> I’ll start a wiki page with a few thoughts and open it up for others to
>>> contribute their views ______
>>> Steven
>>>
>>> On 2 May 2014, at 12:14, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I think you are leaning towards the "social contract" associated with
>>>> being part of a community.
>>>>
>>>> For organisations that do not wish to participate, that is fine.
>>>> Participation is one way of minimising the risks associated with the
>>>> use of open source software, as long as they are making that decision
>>>> with a decent understanding that is fine.
>>>>
>>>> The way I figure it they will get burned a few times before taking
>>>> interesting in participation :) But yeah if you are talking to managers
>>>> speak in terms of risk and change control, not community/participation
>>>> - know your audience.
>>>>
>>>> I think I had a rant about the social contact last year, it produced one
>>>> more tester of GeoServer - making the process of issuing release
>>>> candidates suspect.
>


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