[OSGeo-Discuss] Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier properitery product as Open ?

[Dirk Frigne]

Dear Luïs,

I fully agree!
How could we approach this for open source software?

(sorry for my late reaction, just returned from a longer holiday break ...)

Dirk.

On 23-03-17 09:30, Luí­s Moreira de Sousa wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> In all countries of the OECD marketing practices are regulated in one
> way or another. For instance, if I sell ear rings made out of lead I can
> not claim they are made of silver. In some cases this sort of
> distinction is not easy, as is the case with "open source" or "open".
> 
> In the European Union various mechanisms have been put in place for
> similar situations, such as the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)
> [0] to label goods produced in specific regions (think of Port,
> Champagne, Scotch) or the Traditional Specialities Guaranteed (TSG) [1]
> to differentiate products crafted by traditional processes.
> 
> So far, organisations like the OSGeo or the FSF have focused on
> labelling projects that meet particular criteria in open source, but
> have not - and can not - prevent others from misusing the concept. This
> thread shows that this is a new path the community must trail. 
> 
> I believe we need a regulatory framework for "open source" labelling;
> something like the EU regulation 1169/2011 [2] for organic farming. It
> not only sets the criteria for farmers to label their products, as it
> actively prevents others from falsely claiming to that criteria.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> [0]
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_indications_and_traditional_specialities_in_the_European_Union#Protected_designation_of_origin_.28PDO.29
> 
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_indications_and_traditional_specialities_in_the_European_Union#Traditional_specialities_guaranteed_.28TSG.29
> 
> 
> [2]
> https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/organic-farming/what-is-organic-farming/organic-certification_en
> 
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