[Journal] Fwd: Re: OSGeo-Journal: proof reading

[Micha Silver]

Martin Wegmann wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I asked Paolo Cavallini do do some proof-reading and he realized that in 
> Case-Studies about Mapguide, MS SQL server etc. the application is partly 
> proprietary and we ought discuss how far we support the presentation of 
> proprietary software in an OSGeo Journal. 
>
> any opinions?
>
> Martin
>
>   
I noticed that when I first reviewed the article. The project uses 
Mapguide Opensource integrated with other proprietary software. Mapguide 
itself is FOSS - the way it was implemented in the San Francisco example 
is an integrated approach. The article clearly states that that was 
their original design. 
Furthermore Autodesk is a (founding?) member of OSGeo.

I'd like to point out a similar problem with a different article: Landon 
Blake did a write up on spatial relations. No where in his article is 
FOSS (or any softwre for that matter) mentioned. It's a theoretical 
presentation, and the FOSS aspect is totally ignored. I have more 
misgivings about that article than the Mapguide one.

Regards,
Micha
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