[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 sponsorship

[Barry Rowlingson]

They've sponsored every FOSS4G Global since about 2010, except for 2015
(South Korea).

And why not? They are an Open Source company:
http://www.esri.com/software/open/open-source

They use a *lot* of open source software, so its good that they give back.
It does not earn them any power over the conference organisers and nobody
is forced to buy ArcGIS licenses.

Barry


On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 2:26 PM, Stefano Campus <skampus at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I see ESRI is one of the sponsor of FOSS4G 2018.
> Do the OSGeo Board and Local Committee think it is appropriate?
> Our Romans ancestors used to say: 'Pecunia non olet' (money don't smell)
> but sometimes...
>
> Thank you for your reply
>
> Stefano Campus
>
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