[geomoose-psc] GeoMoose copyright

[Dan Little]

I think this is worth discussing specifically with regards to IP
trolling.  I (personally) don't have the resources to defend GeoMoose
should the need arise and "GeoMoose.org" doesn't really exist as a
legal entity and has just been a placeholder.

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
> Taking this over to the PSC list (with Jeff in cc)
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Jeff McKenna
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>> It might also be a good time to update the LICENSE.txt file, to include the
>> changes since OSGeo incubation (see example inside
>> https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/blob/branch-7-0/README).  So it could
>> be updated to:
>
> If this discussion is about any subprojects, then the license file
> should correctly be reflecting the subproject license at that point in
> time of inclusion.
>
>>
>>   Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>   Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Dan "Ducky" Little & GeoMOOSE.org
>
> If this is about the copyright of GeooMoose, then any changes from our
> established procedure need to go through the PSC.
>
> I don't think that copyright assignment to OSGeo is a requirement of
> incubation or OSGeo projects
> (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_FAQ, see also projects like
> OpenLayers, GDAL, etc).
>
> My understanding of our current practice is that each author retains
> copyright and marks that in the header of any file that they create or
> substantially contribute to.  Minor contributions may not be
> substantial enough to do anything at all or other minor contributions
> may be placed in the public domain and the project (and anyone else)
> is free to use those.
>
> Should we add this topic to our next PSC meeting?
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
>>
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2017-01-12 1:30 PM, Jim Klassen wrote:
>>>
>>> I know, everyone was expecting 2.9.1, but this is even better, it is
>>> 2.9.2.
>>>
>>> There are no new features, but a few bug fixes compared to 2.9.0 in this
>>> release:
>>>
>>> # Add missing OSM attribution.
>>> # Update commercial datasets in demo.
>>> # Fix for unselectable tools.
>>> # Fix for ResultsAsGrid extension with multiple data sources.
>>> # Remove group_checkboxes parameter from demo (It hasn't worked for a few
>>> releases now).
>>> # Fixes for GeoPDF output.
>>>
>>> As always, it is available for download here:
>>>
>>> http://www.geomoose.org/download.html
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jeff McKenna
>> MapServer Consulting and Training Services
>> http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/
>>
>>
>>
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