[OSGeo-Standards] OGC XML schemas and FOSS4G software distribution

[Jody Garnett]

Agreed, the restriction comes out of trying to keep these things unique
(hence the request as a courtesy).

I still think this is an interesting case where OSGeo and OGC could work
out a compromise for the benefit of all. It is within the mandate of OSGeo,
and help OGC standards reach an extended audience.
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Jody

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Jody Garnett

On 7 February 2015 at 07:01, Greg Troxel <gdt at ir.bbn.com> wrote:

>
> Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > It looks like the technical limitation (do not use the same namespace) is
> > getting in the way of software terms. Perhaps it could be relaxed to "do
> > not publish under the same namespace" (allowing its use in pycsw for
> > internal validation).
>
> I suspect Debian's issue is about following the DFSG, and having the
> right to make changes, rather than that they actually *want* to make
> changes now.   I maintain some packages in pkgsrc (multi-OS packaging
> system), and there we require non-Free licenses to be identified, which
> prevents building of the package by default.  But often Debian is in the
> lead for identifying these sorts of issues.
>
> Also, if you said "permission granted under copyright law, but we ask as
> a courtesy that you not do X", that's probably ok with Debian (I can't
> speak for them, but it would not be an issue in pkgsrc).
>
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