[Freegis-list] NMapBrowser is not an open source

[Bernhard Reiter]

Paul,

thanks for spotting this.

I can confirm that NMapbrowser only seems to be a thin wrapper
around a proprietary gis component. The wrapper itself seems to
be Free Software, but it is not really useful, so I do not think
it qualifies for a listing.

Am 19. Dec 2005 um 11:56:04 schrieb strk:
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 08:09:47AM +0900, Paul Selormey wrote:
> > Please remove the NMapBrowser from the site. It is not an open source.
> > The so-called sources made available is a sample application of a
> > commercial product. Try compiling the sources and you will see the
> > trick.
> 
> I suggest stroking it rather then dropping it.
> It would be a way to keep track of unfair players in the
> freegis market (and a community request for fair play).

Our idea so far is to not advertise proprietary (=non-free) software
as there are many places that advertise it already.

	Bernhard

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