[mapserver-users] Mapserver equivalent for .NET

[Tamas Szekeres]

Tim,

I think this article makes sense, but there are a number of advantages
of the 'BSD-ing' either. Most of the commercial users wouldn't want to
choose this project if it was GPL-d so they would want to reinvent the
wheels instead of suggesting good enhancements for the project. This
option has a more powerful influence to collect a fair amount of users
getting involved and keep the things alive and prevent from creating
duplicated solutions.

On the other hand I'm not totally sure in that every user is
completely aware of the requirements and the restrictions of the
actual open source license they use.

Best regards,

Tamas



2008/2/29, Tim Bowden <tim.bowden at westnet.com.au>:
>
>  On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 13:32 +0100, Tamas Szekeres wrote:
>  > I'm not aware of any compelling reason to switch to a more restrictive
>  > license.
>
>
> Sure, the current licensing arrangement seems to be working well for
>  mapserver, though there are sometimes reasons to be less permissive.  I
>  speculated about this the other day in a different context
>  (http://blog.mapforge.com.au/index.php/2008/02/27/when-open-source-doesnt-add-up/) Perhaps I'm wrong.  I'd like to get others thoughts on this /without/ starting a flame war (off list if you like; It's not mapserver specific).  I realise there can be strong feelings about licensing but so long as it's open source I'm not too worried.
>
>
>  > However I personally don't think it's derogatory for a
>  > project to expose which open source libraries it depends on.
>
>
> Of course this is always nice, though the choice has been left up to
>  downstream users/devs.  If they did give credit, perhaps it would
>  encourage more participation in mapserver and in the long term they'd
>  benefit from having a stronger foundation on which to build.  After all,
>  the cost of acknowledgement is about as low as you can get.
>
>  Regards,
>
> Tim Bowden
>
>
>  >
>  > Best regards,
>  >
>  > Tamas
>  >
>  >
>  > 2008/2/29, Tim Bowden <tim.bowden at westnet.com.au>:
>  > >
>  > >  On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 09:52 +0100, Milo van der Linden wrote:
>  > >  > Given the fact that MpaDtoNte is commercial, it is probably not an
>  > >  > alternative. :-P
>  > >  >
>  > >  > About using Mapserver under the hood; shameless! These guys should
>  > >  > recieve punishment!
>  > >  > They should be forced to donate to the mapserver project and show the
>  > >  > mapserver logo everywhere. ;-)
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > <stirring the pot>
>  > >  I thought mapserver was distributed under a license that specifically
>  > >  and deliberately allowed this.  If this is considered undesirable,
>  > >  shouldn't it be released under a less permissive license?
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  Tim Bowden
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Daniel Morissette schreef:
>  > >  > > Matt M wrote:
>  > >  > >> Anyone know of a .NET equivalent of Mapserver?
>  > >  > >>
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > Plesae dnot' tlel aynnoe, but MpaDtoNet hsa MpaSreevr udern teh hood.
>  > >  > > I wshi tehy wree mroe opne atuob tihs.  ;)
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