[Freegis-list] freegis entries ordered

[Adrian Custer]

On 09 Mar 2001 22:36:34 -0300, Felipe G. Nievinski wrote:
> Maybe a phrase would be enough to explain and make it clear.
> My suggestion:
> 
> "You have the freedom to copy, study, change, and redistribute the Free GIS
> Software and Free Geo-Data here indicated."
> 


Whoa,

be careful! Free-GIS should not make that claim. It's up to users to
read licenses and decide for themselves what rights they have. Don't
leave yourselves open to legal responsibilities. I agree that a brief
blurb about the project at the top of the page would be nice and then a
hyperlinked list of sections (with explanations) i.e.

The FreeGIS Project

Dedicated to gathering as much information about documentation, data and
software useful for processing of Geospatial information and licensed
under restrictions designed to maintain Free acess to these resources.

Documentation:
     These are documents useful for processing or developing data and
software that conform to open standards and can be re-distribted freely.

Data:
     These are collections of data believed to be liscensed so as to
guarantee the rights of users to redistribute the data freely.

Software:
     Applications: You get the picture :-)
     Libraries: 
     Conversion Tools:

***********************
Data:
***********************
Alsaka data
Blah, Blah



This is not elegant language or setup but it could be a nice setup for
newcommers to understand the project quickly. It also has the side
effect of reducing the width of the left hand frame.

cheers,
adrian