[OSGeo-Standards] OGC XML schemas and FOSS4G softwaredistribution

[Carl Reed]

Jody -

Thanks for bringing this issue to our attention. I will be chairing a session at the Barcelona TC meetings to discuss some proposed changes to the OGC Policies and Procedures. I would like to add this issue to the agenda. Any ideas about possible solutions would be most welcome. Quite honestly, in all my years at the OGC, I never read this section of the OGC IPR FAQ. You are quite correct in your assessment – Clear as mud!

Cheers

Carl


From: Jody Garnett 
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 6:14 PM
To: Greg Troxel 
Cc: standards at lists.osgeo.org 
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Standards] OGC XML schemas and FOSS4G softwaredistribution

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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