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<p>Arnulf,<br>
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Mind if I copy/paste your comments below into the comments section for that entry ?<br>
Doug<br>
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Doug Newcomb <br>
USFWS<br>
Raleigh, NC<br>
919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newcomb@fws.gov<br>
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The opinions I express are my own and are not representative of the official policy of the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service or Dept. of the Interior. Life is too short for undocumented, proprietary data formats.<br>
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<tt>><br>
> Hi Folks,<br>
> The U.S Department of Interior has a website up soliciting ideas for<br>
> improvement. Each idea gives registered users options to comment and vote<br>
> on suggestions. There is a suggestion posted for the use of open source<br>
> software, and I have just posted a suggestion for regular benchmarking of<br>
> software ( commercial and open source) for OGC services and processing<br>
> large datasets ( comments welcome!) .<br>
<br>
Doug,<br>
thank you for this information.<br>
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One minor clarification on terminology (I will never tire): Using the<br>
wording "commercial and open source" to differentiate proprietary form<br>
free/open license models is misguiding as all Open Source software can<br>
also be used in commercial contexts and is thus also "commercial<br>
software".<br>
<br>
This has recently been clarified by the US Department of Defense available<br>
in a document [1], attachment 2 on page 5, §2 a):<br>
"In almost all cases, OSS meets the definition of “commercial computer<br>
software” and shall be given appropriate statutory preference in<br>
accordance with 10 USC 2377 (reference (b)) (see also FAR 2.101(b),<br>
12.000, 12.101 (reference (c)); and DFARS 212.212, and 252.227-7014(a)(1)<br>
(reference (d)))."<br>
<br>
(I love to cite those guys, they manage to make everything look dead<br>
serious :-)<br>
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The correct term to differentiate free and open source license models from<br>
proprietary license is models is "proprietary", and nothing but.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Arnulf.<br>
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[1] </tt><tt><a href="http://cio-nii.defense.gov/sites/oss/2009OSS.pdf">http://cio-nii.defense.gov/sites/oss/2009OSS.pdf</a></tt><tt><br>
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> For those who might be interested in making suggestions or<br>
> commenting<br>
> on the existing suggestions, the website is:<br>
> </tt><tt><a href="http://openinterior.ideascale.com/">http://openinterior.ideascale.com/</a></tt><tt><br>
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> Doug<br>
><br>
> Doug Newcomb<br>
> USFWS<br>
> Raleigh, NC<br>
> 919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newcomb@fws.gov<br>
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> Interior. Life is too short for undocumented, proprietary data<br>
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