[RouterGeocoder] Public Address GeoCoder Project (PAGC)

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Dan Putler wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> We actually selected LGPL for PAGC because it did allow for less
> restrictive use. The decision of what license to use was actually made
> back in 2003 or 2004, and the LGPL seemed right at that time. Whether
> that is the correct license moving forward may be worth thinking through
> at this point. Would an Apache or BSD license be preferred for some
> potential users/developers (particularly those interested in
> contributing back to the project in some way)?

Dan,

I would be more inclined to get involved with this if it had an Apache 
or BSD license. You guys have done some interesting stuff and I have 
thought about reinventing parts of your wheel to include in a rewrite of 
my geocoder. I would rather invest what little time I have building 
application that incorporate your geocoder and figure out how I can 
contribute back to improving your code base. I guess in theory, I might 
be able to work with the LGPL license, but I would feel much better 
working with a BSD license. I tend to hold GPL and LGPL software at arms 
length, because I don't want to cross the line that would cause license 
pollution.

I'm glad to see that PAGC is joining this thread.

-Steve

> Dan
> 
> On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 12:27 -0500, Dave McIlhagga wrote:
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>>
>> That's an interesting overview -- and one of the projects I hadn't
>> heard about until this discussion started moving.
>>
>>
>> The one comment I have is that with an LGPL license, it may limit
>> adoption by organizations who are interested in adding proprietary
>> extensions to the library -- potentially limiting the audience that
>> would be involved.
>>
>>
>> Other than that - it looks interesting on the surface.
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> Dave McIlhagga
>> www.dmsolutions.ca
>>
>>
>>
>> On 20-Nov-08, at 11:42 AM, Sampson, David wrote:
>>
>>> Hey folks, 
>>>
>>> Glad to see that there is enough interest in going this route these
>>> days… 
>>>
>>> The PAGC projoect has been around for a few years, and has an SVN
>>> repo on Sourceforge. 
>>>
>>> Take a look and concider a few things. 
>>>
>>> * The latest version contains a C library 
>>> * We already have an OGC geocoding service 
>>> * Out of the box it is ready for TIGER data and Canadian Stats can
>>> data 
>>> * text Files control the lexicon of naming conventions. 
>>> * text Files control the fomrat of tabular data and its
>>> interpritation… 
>>>
>>> Before reinventing the wheel perhaps there ar esynergies, especialy
>>> in maintaining the library, adding internationalization and addition
>>> format support.
>>>
>>> We also have a mailing list. 
>>>
>>> Here is the project page  http://www.pagcgeo.org/ 
>>>
>>> Please go to Sourceforge for the latest download… 
>>>
>>> Cheers 
>>>
>>>
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