Should We Join OSGF?
In the spirit of being open and tranparent, Howard Butler put forward a Request for Comments (RFC) document outling benefits/concerns regarding joining the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. It passed with a +7 vote of the MapServer Technical Committe (MSTC) yesterday. I can shed light on the +7. A la Apache, those permitted to vote offer -1 if they are “against”, 0 if they have no opinion and +1 if they are “for.” Add up the votes and you get a value. So, all seven members voted +1, making it unanimous “for.”
The second part of the process to join OSGF, as outlined by Butler, is a poll that asks the community to offer an opinion. It’s open to registered members until Friday. If a majority votes yes, the motion is considered passed.
-via Spatial Galaxy
If you’ve not read it, consider a slightly different dilemma from the PostGIS/uDig developers/community as described by Paul Ramsey of Refractions Research.
