[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!
>>
>>         -- 
>>         Landon
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