[OSGeo-Discuss] code of conduct: another real case

[Peter Baumann]

Hi Cameron,

thank you for confirming the appropriateness of requesting a correction.

To me this is a serious issue of conduct - unless CoC exclusively has been
established to persecute gender issues, in which case (i) CoC should be renamed
and (ii) a general conduct observing any other conduct violations (now with my
hat as Charter Member on).

Just to emphasize, this thread is not about incubation (yes, I am less than
happy about that too, but out of scope here).

-Peter


On 2015-09-17 23:21, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> I think your request to have ownership of Rasdaman "corrected" to be owned by
> GmbH is reasonable, especially since the license of code I assume shows
> reference to GmbH? I also assume this could be confirmed if someone were to
> check the lineage of code commits?
>
> I'd hope that this can be resolved without needing to refer to the CoC
> Committee, which would typically deal with cases such as personal slander. I
> realise that Jeff suggested this committee, but he also suggested providing
> more information - which would be required should this be a CoC issue.
>
> I'd be inclined to suspect this issue could be resolved easily? I'd also
> suspect that this is an accident rather than foul play by someone? At the very
> least, we should assume innocence until proven guilty of any person involved.
>
> With regards to reference to incubation of rasdaman. Last correspondence on
> this matter [1] has been that the incubation committee members have provided
> feedback and actions to address before rasdaman is ready to be incubated. We
> are waiting for such actions to be complete.
>
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2015-April/002695.html
>
> On 18/09/2015 2:21 am, Peter Baumann wrote:
>> Hello community,
>>
>> here is another real case that I would like to raise.
>>
>> rasdaman [0] is listed on OpenHub [1], like many of us, with owner rasdaman GmbH
>> set originally. By coincidence I found that OSGeo has claimed rasdaman at some
>> time in the past.
>>
>> To my total surprise, as rasdaman is in incubation since about 5 years now [2],
>> and since quite some time OSGeo refuses graduation requiring this and that extra
>> documentation.
>>
>> I find this undercover misappropriation a gross violation of professional ethics
>> and request to immediately "give back" the project as a remedial action. I could
>> do it myself, but recently OpenHub requires a phone number to be entered to
>> which, as blog comments show, spam will get sent. IMO it is on OSGeo to bring
>> this sacrifice.
>>
>> Actually, I know who has "stolen ownership", but will not disclose identity
>> publicly following suggested practice.
>>
>> Rather, I am seeking contact to and investigation by the CoC Committee (or
>> whoever is in charge).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Peter
>>
>> [0] http://www.rasdaman.org
>> [1] https://www.openhub.net/p/rasdaman
>> [2] http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeo
>>
>> PS: On the side, this IMHO justifies an amendment of the CoC rules to prevent
>> such a case in future.
>>
>

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