MapServer Foundation - Open Letter

[Allan Doyle]

On Nov 29, 2005, at 22:54, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> On 11/29/05, Adam <adam at jamradar.com> wrote:
>> MapServer Community Edition is good.
>
> Folks,
>
> I think this name sucks.  I hope, and expect a community
> to form around MapServer Enterprise, and naming ours
> something like this is a smack in the face to their community.
>
> I would add I expect there to be significant overlap between
> the two communities (or having a joint foundation wouldn't
> have made much sense).

Unless the foundation goes one better and becomes an umbrella  
organization for many projects. Then the thing they might have in  
common is the shelter under which they can grow and thrive.

It's ok to say that you want the two "MapServers" to have overlap,  
but I think it's a mistake to structure the foundation in a way that  
only "MapServers" can be supported.

	Allan


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