FW: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapServer Foundation thoughts and reactions

[Gary Watry]

This will not be the first demise of a open source program

 

See  http://www.digitalgrove.net/fgis.htm

 

And I quote

"Notice! As of November 7, 2005, Forestry GIS (fGIS) is no longer available
for public download. The program was first released as freeware in October
2003. Thousands of users around the world appreciated fGIS as a simple and
reliable complement to sophisticated commercial GIS editors. A recent change
in the license agreement for the core technology used to develop fGIS,
however, restricts distribution to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
personnel and others who provide services to the agency. The Wisconsin DNR -
Division of Forestry originally contracted for the software and was happy to
share it with the public while the license agreement allowed, but the
license has now changed."

 

Watch Autodesk do the same to MapServer

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Gary L. Watry


GIS Coordinator
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
FSU / COAPS
Johnson Building, RM 215
2035 East Paul Dirac Drive
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2840

 

 

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