[MSF-Discuss] Poll: Foundation Naming

[Blammo]

All,

Just to mix it up a bit.  (and it's probably been said already, I can't 
believe I just came up with it)

How about :

"Open Geo Foundation"  -  OGF

I didn't do any comprehensive searches, but a quick Google doesn't turn 
up anything confusing for OGF

It's short, not cute at all, says it all, and seems to address 
everything I've read this morning.

bobb



Frank Warmerdam wrote:

>On 2/1/06, Tyler Mitchell <tylermitchell at shaw.ca> wrote:
>  
>
>>I also think that "open source" carries some weight but some of it is 'bad'
>>weight.  There are very ambitious marketing campaigns that malign "open
>>source" and other campaigns that seem to aim to twist the term "open" until
>>it is meaningless.  While open source is a central philosophy to the
>>foundation, it is something we identify with, but not something we need to
>>cling to for identifying us.  Our projects will have plenty of merits apart
>>from our licensing philosophy.
>>    
>>
>
>Tyler,
>
>In my opinion "Open Source" or "Free (as in freedom)" is the
>fundamental philosophy of the foundation.  As much as some
>might try and malign open source, I don't think we can in way
>shy away from it.  It may not need to be in the name, but it needs
>to be in the first paragraph on the web site.
>
>Furthermore, if it came down to an acronym type name, I
>would *much* prefer OSGF (Open Source Geospatial Foundation)
>to OGSF (Open Geospatial Software Foundation) as the later
>loses the assurance that the software is truely free.   Open is
>easily abused, but "Open Source" can be given a specific meaning
>by reference to the OSD (Open Source Definition).
>
>To further stress this point, I think it ought to be written into the
>"constitution" that the foundation itself only adopts projects that
>have OSI approved licenses, and that the foundation board
>shall not have the power to alter foundation owned code to a non
>OSI license.
>
>I think it is rare that I get sticky about FOSS political correctness
>but as we set down the bedrock of our foundation I think it is
>important to have this principle clear.
>
>Best regards,
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