<div dir="auto">There is always cost to making software. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">James is pointing out the meaning of “free” in this context. There is an implication the software is also free of cost to use for an end user. </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:44 karsten <<a href="mailto:karsten@terragis.net">karsten@terragis.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Arial">For me it means both though</font></span></div><br>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> James Klassen
[mailto:<a href="mailto:klassen.js@gmail.com" target="_blank">klassen.js@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 26, 2021
09:40<br><b>To:</b> karsten<br><b>Cc:</b> SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA; OSGeo
Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GmapGIS open
source?<br></font><br></div></div><div>
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<div>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".
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<div>See:</div>
<div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 11:26 karsten <<a href="mailto:karsten@terragis.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">karsten@terragis.net</a>> wrote:<br></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>HI Sergio,</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>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</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>Just my 2 cents</span></div>
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<div><span></span>C<span>heers</span></div>
<div><span></span><span></span>K<span>arsten</span><br></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA [mailto:<a href="mailto:sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday,
March 26, 2021 05:04<br><b>To:</b> karsten; <a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE:
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<p>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.<br></p>
<p>Best,<br></p>
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<div id="m_-1469515346077192639m_-7637663083489226909m_-3672309829935627333divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>De:</b> karsten <<a href="mailto:karsten@terragis.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">karsten@terragis.net</a>><br><b>Enviado:</b> jueves, 25 de
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>Hi Sergio,</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>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).</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>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.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>Cheers</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>Karsten</span></div><br>
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Is GmapGIS open source?<br></font><br></div>
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<p>Sorry for my ignorance but I couldn't find out if this tool is open
source. Thanks for your help.<br></p>
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