[Geo4All] What is Openwashing? Is there any examples in GIS Vendors?

[Christian Willmes]

Yes there is a good example for this. I think this could actually be THE 
textbook example of open washing in GIS:

https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/open-vision/overview


just my 2 cents ;)


Christian


Am 02.11.18 um 11:01 schrieb Suchith Anand:
>
> I came across this term OpenWashing at http://openwashing.org
>
> Openwashing: to spin a product or company as open, although it is not. 
> Derived from 'greenwashing.'
>
>
> Openwashing: n., having an appearance of open-source and 
> open-licensing for marketing purposes, while continuing proprietary 
> practices.
>
>
> I am trying to understand the impact of this in GIS. Is there any 
> examples of GIS Vendors using this OpenWashing?
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
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