[GRASSLIST:9819] Re: Talking about an umbrella GFOSS foundation

[Carlos "Guâno" Grohmann]

I agree. GRASS is the leading project (IMHO) on Freegis.org, and must
be present in a foundation like this.

Carlos



On 1/13/06, pmarc <paulomarcondes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2006/1/13, Markus Neteler <neteler at itc.it>:
>
> > Personally I see a need for a sort of institutionalization
> > of our project to become more independent from single persons
> > and institutions. I feel that establishing a corpus for fund
> > raising/re-investment and other good things a foundation could
> > do (see Mapserver related pages from Tyler Mitchell [3]), is needed
> > to move forward. As you all know, there are a couple of successful
> > FOSS foundations out there (Apache, PostgreSQL, R-stats, ...).
>
> I sometime wondered why GRASS and other GFOSS project get (AFAIK)
> unnoticed here.
> Well, I am not aware of any relevant company here using any GFOSS.
>
> So, a foundation would be a Good Thing, well, at least we could leave
> the (sort of) ghetto, stand up and say: "here we are, and we are
> serious about it"
>
> All this talk is giving me ideas... I shall talk of them another day.
>
> > The basic question is now if the GRASS project wants to
> > make part of general purpose "GIS FOSS umbrella foundation"
> > (with whatever name then).
>
> I'm not in a position to say anything, but given the points you introduced,
> the size of the GRASS project and of the industry, I say that this
> should be a reasonable move to make.
>
> > I am interested to participate in the meeting and see
> > how things evolve and which role the GRASS project already
> > plays or may play. To me it looks like an important strategic
> > issue to be present there - a big "GIS FOSS umbrella foundation"
> > without GRASS would be somewhat strange.
>
> I agree completely with your view.
> Someone (you =]) has to be present there. At least to see what is going on.
>
> Besides, you are right on the mark (pun intended) when you say that
> GRASS staying outside this foundation is a bit strange.
>
> I am all for it.
> --
> Paulo Marcondes
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>
>


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