[Aust-NZ] Can proprietary products be discussed/promoted atFOSS4G2009? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Ian.Batley at ga.gov.au]

OSGeo is about open source
FOSS4G is about free and open source
So unless the proprietary product is free, or utilises or enhances some open
source I do not think it should be present.

Just a personal thought
Ian
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Ian Batley
ian.batley at ga.gov.au
02 6249 5825


-----Original Message-----
From: aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter
Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 4:37 PM
To: conference_dev; Aust-NZ OSGeo
Subject: [Aust-NZ] Can proprietary products be discussed/promoted
atFOSS4G2009?

While talking up FOSS4G2009 at a recent Australian conference (Qld SSI 
on the Gold Coast) we were asked:

"Are proprietary products allowed to be discussed/promoted at FOSS4G?"

More specifically:
* Do we accept presentations about integrating Open Source with Proprietary?
* Do we accept presentations from proprietary vendors about how they can 
integrate with Open Standards/Open Source?
* Are proprietary vendors allowed to Sponsor the conference?
* Are proprietary vendors allowed to set up a booth?
* Are proprietary vendors allowed to participate in an interoperability 
testbed?
  - To what extent?

My take is:
FOSS4G 2009's theme is "User Driven" and users need to integrate open 
source with proprietary applications.

So presentations and testbeds targeting "Integrating Proprietary with 
Open Source" should be encouraged, Proprietary only is not allowed, and 
at least 75% of the topics should be completely Open Source focused.

-- 
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

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