[postgis-devel] OGC compliant certified

[Chris Hodgson]

Ok, sorry, I was somewhat misinformed, and I should revise my earlier 
statement.

PostGIS WAS certified, and was to my knowledge the reference 
implementation for Simple Features for SQL types and functions profile.

Refractions has since decided that there is little value for the company 
to continue to pay the annual licensing fees required by OGC in order to 
maintain the right to advertise that PostGIS is certified. Annual fees, 
per version of postgis, per version of specification, based on the gross 
revenues of the "parent" company.

I can't help but wonder which other open source packages do continue to 
pay these fees. I wonder if there is a role for OSGeo to play here, as 
there is the potential to cap the overall licensing fees for a single 
OGC member organization.

Regardless, the answer two your question is that both websites are 
correct, as PostGIS previously was, and therefore "has been" certified 
as compliant. But as the OpenGIS site is telling you, we are not 
currently paying for the right to advertise that fact using the OGC's 
trademarks.

Fun stuff.

Chris
 

Chris Hodgson wrote:
> Postgis is in fact certified, there is a scan of the signed 
> certificate here:
>
> http://postgis.refractions.net/files/opengis-certification.png
>
> Chris
>
> masha_alessandro at libero.it wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>> In the Postgis  Home page it's wrote "PostGIS follows the OpenGIS 
>> "Simple Features Specification for SQL" and has been *certified as 
>> compliant* with the "Types and Functions" profile".
>> But when I open th OGC site and look for the Specification -->Simple 
>> Feature - SQL - Types and Functions - PostgreGIS/PostgreSQL, the OGC 
>> Spec doesn't appear in green (certified product) and isn't marked as 
>> compliant!
>> Anyone could give me some more information?
>> Is the OGC web sites updated!
>>
>> I need it for legal question.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>> Alex
>>
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