[Incubator] Recommend OTB For Graduation
Manuel Grizonnet
manuel.grizonnet at cnes.fr
Thu Jun 15 08:35:33 PDT 2017
Thanks Jody.
We've discussed this also last week during the OTb User Days. I've
written today a request for changes to license the OTB cookbook under
cc-by-sa.
I'll let you know when it's done.
Manuel
Le 13/06/2017 à 21:20, Jody Garnett a écrit :
> Thanks Manuel:
>
> Let me see if I understand, the software guide is generated from OTB
> source code, which includes latex files, along with example code which
> is Apache v2.
>
> Apache v2 is a software license (it provides permissions that let
> developers reuse this source code to make programs, along with a few
> conditions).
>
> My question was about a document license. When writing documents
> there are a few things that normal professional writers are able to do
> with out getting in trouble like quoting a section of a document, or
> citing a document where they got an idea from. Document licenses (like
> creative commons) gives authors additional permissions, allowing them
> to reuse text in the same way that developers reuse open source.
>
> We ask that OSGeo projects consider a document license for their work,
> it helps enable a few communities (for example GeoForAll is focused on
> education and they really depend on document licenses to do "open
> education" where they share materials the same way we share in "open
> source").
>
> *website: *At the bottom of your website it says "Copyright ©
> 2002-2015 CNES. CC By 4.0 Except where otherwise noted, the OTB web
> pages are released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License".
> This is a document license allowing authors to reuse content from your
> website, so long as they indicate where the text came from and provide
> you credit. This allows authors to quote your release notes
>
> *cookbook:* At the bottom of your cookbook it says "© Copyright 2017,
> OTB Team. Built with Sphinx using a theme provided by Read the Docs.".
> This allows users to read the pages, but it does not allow authors to
> do anything other than quote and cite the content.
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 13 June 2017 at 00:54, Manuel Grizonnet <manuel.grizonnet at cnes.fr
> <mailto:manuel.grizonnet at cnes.fr>> wrote:
>
> Dear incubation committee members,
>
> thank you first to take into consideration the graduation of OTB.
> To answer Jody question related to the project documentation
> license. OTB got 2 main documents which act as reference
> documentation: the Software Guide and the CookBook.
>
> The Software Guide is generated in part from the OTB source code.
> It can build with CMake and includes standalone Latex files as
> well as algorithms descriptions which are parse directly from the
> OTB source code in C++ (it allows to automatically generate
> figures in the document for instance). All the examples used in
> the SG are located in the Examples
> <https://git.orfeo-toolbox.org/otb.git/tree/HEAD:/Examples> folder
> in the OTB git repository which are licensed under Apache v2. The
> build mechanism and the generation was largely inspired and
> adapted from the open source library ITK which use the same
> mechanism to build its documentation:
>
> https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITKSoftwareGuide
> <https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITKSoftwareGuide>
>
> The CookBook consists of chapters written in RST which include
> recipes which use OTB utilities as well as the reference
> documentation of OTB applications which is also generated from the
> application source code in C++.
>
> The source of all the documentation (Software Guide and CookBook)
> as well as build scripts are all included in the OTB main
> repository in the Documentation folder:
>
> https://git.orfeo-toolbox.org/otb.git/tree/HEAD:/Documentation
> <https://git.orfeo-toolbox.org/otb.git/tree/HEAD:/Documentation>
>
> Don't hesitate if you've got any questions.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Manuel
>
>
> Le 08/06/2017 à 06:43, Jody Garnett a écrit :
>> There is a couple open questions on the checklist, in part
>> because we filled it in quickly during the calgis sprint.
>>
>> 2. Project documentation is available under an open license,
>> such as Creative Commons.
>>
>> /Website is creative commons, could not quite tell what the
>> user guide uses./
>> /
>> /
>> /*Can we confirm the user guide is creative commons or some
>> kind of document license?*/
>>
>> /*
>> */
>> I will hold off voting until this one is answered :)
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 7 June 2017 at 17:03, Landon Blake
>> <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com
>> <mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> This is a motion to recommend OTB for graduation. You can
>> view the graduation checklist here:
>>
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OTB_Graduation_Checklist
>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OTB_Graduation_Checklist>
>>
>> Manuel and the OTB team have worked hard as part of this
>> process. I will happy to see them cross the finish line!
>>
>> --
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