[Mapserver-DE] Re: AW: [Mapbender-users] [Fwd: [Fwd: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapServer Foundation - Open Letter]]

Paul Spencer pspencer at dmsolutions.ca
Mon Nov 28 16:03:45 CET 2005


Hi,

there are a number of translations available on the msf site, the  
German one is:

http://www.mapserverfoundation.org/open_letter_de.pdf

Cheers

Paul


On 28-Nov-05, at 9:54 AM, Michel.Garand at frankfurt-oder.de wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I am working on a german translation of this letter. I hope to have  
> it ready
> tomorrow for those who are interested.
>
> Best regards
>
> Michel Garand
> Stadt Frankfurt (Oder)
> Abteilung Stadtentwicklung
>> Amt für Strategie, Wirtschafts- und Stadtentwicklung
> Goepelstrasse 38, D-15234 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
> Tel.: +49 (0)335 / 552-6016
> Fax: +49 (0)335 / 552-6099
> michel.garand at frankfurt-oder.de	
>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von:	Peter Stamm [SMTP:peter.stamm at ccgis.de]
>> Gesendet am:	Montag, 28. November 2005 15:31
>> An:	Mapserver-De at Freegis.Org; Mapbender-Users at Lists.Sourceforge.Net
>> Betreff:	[Mapbender-users] [Fwd: [Fwd: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS]
>> MapServer Foundation - Open Letter]]
>>
>> moin,
>> folgende Nachricht leite ich zur Information mal an die Listen  
>> weiter..
>>
>> -------------------
>>
>> hi,
>> the following mail for your information..
>>
>>
>> gruß,
>> regards,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Betreff: [Fwd: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapServer Foundation - Open  
>> Letter]
>> Datum: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:11:47 +0100 (CET)
>> Von: adams at terrestris.de
>> Antwort an: adams at terrestris.de
>> An: paulsen at terrestris.de, jansen at terrestris.de,  
>> hellmich at terrestris.de,
>> geilhausen at terrestris.de, geo-consortium at ccgis.de
>>
>>
>> Bemerkenswert! Mal sehen was das gibt.....
>>
>> Ich finde, das könnte man als Open Letter auf die Firmen- und Gc  
>> Homepage
>> stellen!
>>
>> Till ;-)
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------- Original Message  
>> ----------------------------
>> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapServer Foundation - Open Letter
>> From:    "Steve Lime" <steve.lime at DNR.STATE.MN.US>
>> Date:    Mon, November 28, 2005 2:37 pm
>> To:      MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> -----
>>
>> An Open Letter to the MapServer Open Source Web Mapping Community
>>
>> November 28, 2005
>>
>> Greetings MapServer community,
>>
>> We are pleased to share with you some exciting news about the  
>> future of
>> open source web mapping.
>>
>> Over the past few years MapServer adoption has grown ten-fold and has
>> become the web mapping platform of choice for many businesses,  
>> government
>> agencies, nonprofit groups and individuals. The MapServer  
>> developers have
>> added powerful new features. The community has enjoyed three  
>> incredible
>> conferences and continues to support each other and enhance the  
>> community.
>>
>> We want to ensure that this success and momentum continues for the
>> MapServer product and community. MapServer continues to run well in
>> diverse environments and its rich set of features play an  
>> indispensable
>> role in many organizations. More than ever, we are committed to  
>> improving
>> MapServer and providing exceptional value to the community.
>>
>> To this end, we take this opportunity to share two bits of news: the
>> creation of the MapServer Foundation and welcoming the addition of
>> Autodesk's next-generation web mapping platform (previously known  
>> as Tux)
>> as open source into the foundation.
>>
>> MapServer Foundation
>>
>> We are delighted to announce the creation of the MapServer Foundation
>> (mapserverfoundation.org). The foundation is a nonprofit organization
>> whose goal is to provide a supportive framework for open,  
>> collaborative
>> development of geospatial software. Several groups and individuals  
>> are
>> collaborating to help launch and sponsor the new foundation.  
>> Financial
>> support from Autodesk will allow us to get the foundation up and  
>> running.
>> In this letter, we present some ideas of how we think the  
>> foundation can
>> help the community, but these ideas need broader discussion and  
>> debate
>> within the community.
>>
>> We looked to other successful open source movements, such as  
>> Apache, to
>> see how our community could benefit from the creation of an  
>> independent
>> foundation. It is clear that the time has come to create a formal
>> infrastructure to help further support and promote the  
>> professional open
>> source web mapping development environments and communities. While
>> initially focused on web mapping projects, we hope the foundation  
>> will
>> adopt other open source geospatial projects that need a home.
>>
>> Forming the foundation is only the beginning, as we now seek  
>> community
>> involvement and participation. The foundation will have a  
>> governance model
>> that allows it to be run by a Board of Directors that represents the
>> community. How it is ultimately going to be run is up to the  
>> members of
>> the community. The foundation will also have a set of bylaws that  
>> provide
>> structure and can be amended through a community voting process.
>>
>> Role of the foundation
>>
>> The first priority for the foundation is to engage the broader  
>> MapServer
>> community. Members of the community are encouraged to join and get
>> involved. Consider this letter as your invitation to participate. The
>> community web site is the place where you, as a user and  
>> participant in
>> the community, can follow and contribute to the development of the
>> MapServer Foundation family of projects.
>>
>> The primary responsibilities of the foundation may include:
>>
>>      * Support code repository and other project infrastructure
>>      * Formalized process for decision-making (e.g. where to host  
>> the next
>> conference) * Legal protection for the source code and developers of
>> the software * Paying for development work on minor improvements of
>> the platform * Acting as a central repository for marketing, branding
>> and professional image development of the product * Providing process
>> for mitigating disputes
>>      * Financial support for advocacy, sponsorship, community  
>> events and
>> conferences
>>
>> Many of these community-related functions have been overseen in an  
>> ad-hoc
>> manner or deferred to the University of Minnesota or other  
>> organizations
>> in the past. The foundation will streamline the coordination of  
>> legal,
>> administrative and governance efforts.
>>
>> As MapServer will now be officially managed by the foundation, it no
>> longer makes sense to call it UMN MapServer. Product branding is also
>> becoming more important and this is a good opportunity to  
>> introduce a more
>> visual name for the product. We propose calling it MapServer  
>> Cheetah. This
>> presents a fast and agile image that suits the product well and  
>> will help
>> differentiate it from other MapServer products.
>>
>> MapServer Cheetah & MapServer Enterprise
>>
>> We are also very excited about Autodesk's decision to release  
>> their next
>> generation web mapping platform into the open source community  
>> through the
>> MapServer Foundation. This adds further legitimacy to our open source
>> development platform. Their product will be named MapServer  
>> Enterprise and
>> is the successor to Autodesk MapGuide but built on an entirely new
>> architecture.
>>
>> MapServer Enterprise and MapServer Cheetah will be run as two  
>> separate but
>> parallel projects. There are no plans to merge them into one but  
>> we aim to
>> share technologies between the two projects wherever possible. We  
>> also
>> hope to provide utilities that allow the community to easily use  
>> one or
>> both platforms.
>>
>> MapServer Enterprise will be licensed using the OSI-approved GNU  
>> Lesser
>> General Public License (LGPL). MapServer Cheetah will continue to be
>> licensed under an MIT-style open source license. Autodesk is eager to
>> participate in an open and transparent development process driven by
>> independent guidance from the community. We encourage you to check  
>> out
>> MapServer Enterprise, which is available today on the community  
>> web site.
>>
>> We are proud to be part of this community and we hope you will  
>> join us in
>> establishing the MapServer Foundation. For more information on how  
>> to get
>> involved, please visit the community site at:  
>> mapserverfoundation.org and
>> join the mailing list discussions.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Steve Lime, Chair, MapServer Technical Steering Committee (MTSC)
>> Yewondwossen Assefa, MTSC Member
>> Howard Butler, MTSC Member
>> Daniel Morissette, MTSC Member
>> Perry Nacionales, MTSC Member
>> Frank Warmerdam, MTSC Member
>> Tom Burk, University of Minnesota
>> David McIlhagga, DM Solutions Group
>> Tyler Mitchell
>> Claude Philipona, Camptocamp SA and FOSS4G 2006 organizing  
>> committee Gary
>> Lang, Autodesk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> mit freundlichen Grüßen,
>> Peter Stamm
>>
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