[OSGeo-Discuss] Is GmapGIS open source?

[karsten]

For me it means both though

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From: James Klassen [mailto:klassen.js at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2021 09:40
To: karsten
Cc: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA; OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GmapGIS open source?


I think there may be some confusion over the meaning of "free" in FOSS.  "Free" in FOSS means free as in libre, referencing the "Four Essential Freedoms", not free as in no cost.  It is actually a stronger statement than "open". 

See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 11:26 karsten <karsten at terragis.net> wrote:



HI Sergio,
 
well it might not be open source but is 'free just as in the acronym FOSS = Free and Open Source Software  (as for example the OSGEO flagship conference FOSS4G), so while open is certainly more desirable 'only' free as I see it is also part of FOSS. That is just to say one potentially should not prevent someone presenting on that software based only because it is free but not open source - at least I think so because it could still be useful for users out there
 
Just my 2 cents
 
Cheers
Karsten

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From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA [mailto:sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy] 
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2021 05:04
To: karsten; discuss at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GmapGIS open source?



Thank you Karsten. The question was because we are receiving proposals for a congress that we are organizing and we ask -if possible- to use open source software.


Best,





Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
(598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/

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De: karsten <karsten at terragis.net>
Enviado: jueves, 25 de marzo de 2021 17:12
Para: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA; discuss at lists.osgeo.org
Asunto: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GmapGIS open source? 
 
Hi Sergio,
 
while it appears to be free to me it see,s not to be open source because in that case one would be be to find the source code (and I could not).
Also note that this tool might be kind of outdated (seems to use an old version of extjs as a JS library as user GUI) so be ware that it might be a bit outdated.
 
Cheers
Karsten

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From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2021 13:04
To: discuss at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GmapGIS open source?



​Sorry for my ignorance but I couldn't find out if this tool is open source. Thanks for your help.





Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
(598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/

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