[OSGeo-Discuss] Non-precise framing can hurt the community

[andrea antonello]

Dear Mark,

> We (Eclipse Foundation -LocationTech) are 'not against it' ! I repeat; not against........did I mention 'not'?
>
> GPL is approved by OSI, just like the EPL. We are on the same team. The word 'against' suggests we are at odds with each other over this. Which we are not, never have been and never will be.
>
> Our members (businesses, academia, NGO's) work with/on projects that incorporate various licenses. Individual choices depend on 'the right tools for the job'. Developers work on projects and in communities that encompass a wide spectrum of licenses.
> End-users (the ones that fund so many of open spatial projects) determine and decide which tools will suit their purposes. And they love our community's versatility to meet their demands. Thus furthering the overall success of open spatial IT in the world.
> The present full spectrum of projects provides a compelling, comprehensive storyline as is demonstrated by an increasing number of implementations. Worldwide, across industry verticals, profits, non-profits, etc etc.
>
> Hope this clarifies and let's together move forward!

I understand what you mean and I am sure no one is against any other,
the GPL problem is a big one and it goes on for years now.
Since I am not sure where we are now with that GPL-EPL thing, I take
the chance to ask if anyone knows about it.
Years ago I took the time and effort to try to understand and write
both the Eclipse Foundation and the FSF, and the result of all that,
which was heavily impacting my contribution in open source, is
summarized here:
http://jgrasstechtips.blogspot.it/2015/06/epl-gpl-discussion-from-2011.html

Maybe many will not care or don't see the problem, but the integration
of GPL and EPL projects is not possible (without an exception clause
that needs to gather any connected Author, which is often a too high
burden), and I see part of the point Sandro is making.

And I would love to see this integration happen,
Cheers,
Andrea




>
> Kind regards,
> Marc Vloemans
>
>
>> Op 18 aug. 2017 om 11:25 heeft Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 09:19:52PM +0200, Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote:
>>>
>>> Will locationtech also promote OSGeo projects?
>>
>> This is an interesting question, especially as LocationTech is
>> against GPL-licensed projects (like GRASS, QGIS, PostGIS)
>>
>> --strk;
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