[MSF-Discuss] Poll: Foundation Naming

[David Bitner]

Geospatial Liberation Front

On 2/1/06, Allan Doyle <adoyle at eogeo.org> wrote:
> OGC was originally OGF.
>
> Open GRASS Foundation -> Open GIS Consortium -> Open Geospatial Consortium
>
> I don't think Open Geo Foundation is distinct enough from Open
> Geospatial Consortium
>
>         Allan
>
> On 2/1/06, Blammo <bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
> >  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,
> > --
> > ---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------
> > I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmerdam at pobox.com
> > light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
> > and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent
> >
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