Arnulf Christl OSGeo President

OSGeo

Spatially Empowered Open Source

Geospatial World Forum 2011 – Hyderabad, India Agenda

 Free Software Licenses FS  Open Source Methodology OS  What is OSGeo? FOSS4G  Vision and Mission  How it works: Formal Structures  Local Chapters, Conferences & Fairs  OSGeo Live This presentation is available as editable ODP (2.4MB) and PDF (1.1MB)

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 2/35 Proprietary Licensing

 You are not allowed to copy  You are not allowed to modify  You are not allowed to give away  You are not allowed to improve  You are not allowed to install

 You are not allowed to share

 You are not allowed to...

...today the revival is in the Terms of Services!

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 3/35 Free Software Licensing

Free Software Licensing  Not as in "free beer" but as in free speech  You are free to:  use it anywhere for any purpose  understand and improve it  pass it on to anybody else  make money by providing training, maintenance and services

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Free Software Licensing  Not as in "free beer" but as in free speech  You are free to: dd!!  use it anywhere for anye purpose teee  understand andnn improvet it  aa pass it onaa torr anybody else  make moneyuu by providing training,GG maintenance and services

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Free Software is a legal licensing model that protects your interests. The opposite is proprietary (or closed) software. The term "commercial software" is a misnomer and misleading because Free Software is not anti-commercial!

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 6/35 Copying is not Theft

There is a big difference between material theft and digital copying. We have difficulties understanding this because we are material. But our Mind is not entirely material. So we should be able to understand.

A great 60 second cartoon by Nina Paley: Copying is not Theft.

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 7/35 Open Source Development

Open Source is a development model  The source code of a software contains all the functionality in a readable format  Only source code can be modified  End users generally work with the compiled, machine readable version  Developers prefer open development models because it is a lot easier to share, debug, reuse, improve, and simply to use it.

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Proprietary motivation: Make Money Open Source motivation: Solve Problem

Market analysis Problem is identified

Development team Software development team develops software Goal: Solve problem beta version release for beta tester Publish Code beta tester reports errors to development team Internet as communication pool and distribution media development team reproduces the error Participators find errors and solve the problem development team reports to the product management Improved code is development team solves published on the Web problem after OK from pm new version is released Goal: Sell licenses Product launch

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 9/35 The Open Source Paradigm:

1. Publish early! 2. Release often!

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 10/35 Open Source Development

Summarizing: Open Source is the superior development model The big business has recognized this long ago and provides full Open Source services (IBM). Software vendors adopt Open Source in geospatial including Autodesk, Oracle, esri and many others. Even Microsoft recognizes that Open Source works.

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 11/35 Using Open Source?

Yes, … but:

Anybody can call anything "Open Source"

A name does not automagically make better software!

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 12/35 Knowledge Base IISS nttuuGG Ubbuun et U Twe The largest open codehouse source development site SourceForge S Blogs GGIIS hosts hundreds of cee uurrc SSoo thousands of software eenn OOpp projects ooff attee FFrreeeeGGIISS..oorrg SStta g ee OOp TThh peennSSoou urrcceeGGI ISS..oorrgg

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 13/35 Quality Open Source

Open Source Geospatial Foundation

http://www.osgeo.org

Your Open Source Compass ...organizes spatial IT

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 14/35 OSGeo's Mission

Support and promote the highest quality Open Source Geospatial Software

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 15/35 The OSGeo Foundation

 OSGeo is a global non-profit organization founded in February 2006  It is the Leading voice for Geospatial Open Source and Free Software  The core structure has been gleaned from the Apache Foundation  It is based on volunteer work and funded through sponsorship

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 16/35 OSGeo's Goals

 Provide resources for FOSS4G Projects:  Infrastructure  Legal  Financial  Promote free spatial data and access  Create and promote a free curriculum  Promote the use of standards  Create and maintain a quality brand

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 17/35 OSGeo Activities

 Support FOSS4G on a global scale  Organize outreach and promote FOSS4G  Support and build local capacities for conferences, appearance at trade fairs, etc.  Facilitate inter-project communication  Build a solid market for business cases  Interface with industry and business  Support the education of domain experts instead of «brand-specialists»

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 18/35 Structure

Officers Board of Directors Officers Officers

Executive Director

Local Local Committees Local Local Committees ChaptersLocal ChaptersFoundation Committees Chapters Chapters Chapters Projects

Membership

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 19/35 Membership

Officers Board of directors Officers Officers

Executive Director

Local Local Committees Local Local Committees ChaptersLocal ChaptersFoundation Committees Chapters Chapters Chapters Projects

Membership

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 The most important aspect of OSGeo are people like you  Simply participate by joining OSGeo India, local chapter, project, or committee:  Collaborate using software, mailing lists, Wiki, bug tracking, repositories, etc.  Members work and vote in Committees  Charter Members own and control the OSGeo Foundation

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 21/35 Local Chapters

Officers Board of directors Officers Officers

Executive Director

Local Local Committees Local Local Committees ChaptersLocal ChaptersFoundation Committees Chapters Chapters Chapters Projects

Membership

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 22/35 Local Chapters

 Local Chapters bring OSGeo into the local context  They are groups who share OSGeo's goals  in a common geographic region  or with a common language  Some have formed as legal entities like OSGeo India, others are informal

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 23/35 Conferences, Trade Fairs

Conferences  Jornadas SIGTE (Spain)  FOSSGIS (Germany)  gfoss.it (Italy) Trade Forums  OSGIS UK (United Kingdom)  Intergeo  FOSS4G in Lausanne, Victoria,  CeBIT Cape Town, Sydney, Barcelona,  GITA and in 2011: Denver  Where 2.0  Jornadas SASIG (Portugal)  GWF Hyderabad  FOSS4G (Japan)  GeoWeb  ...and many more  …many more

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Officers Board of Directors Officers Officers

Executive Director

Local Local Committees Local Local Committees ChaptersLocal ChaptersFoundation Committees Chapters Chapters Chapters Projects

Membership

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Incubation Conference Funding

Public Marketing Education Geodata

System Website Journal Administration

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 Commitees self organize volunteers' work  Commitees communicate openly through mailing lists, IRC meetings, etc.  Everything is documented in the OSGeo Wiki  All are welcome to join a committee and to actively participate in all processes

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Incubation Conference Funding

Public Marketing Education Geodata

System Web Journal Administration

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 28/35 Incubation Committee

 The OSGeo incubator is lead by a group of independent developers  Projects go through the official incubation process to assure highest quality  To graduate from incubation projects needs to abide by the Open Source rules of OSGeo

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 29/35 Foundation Projects

Officers Board of Directors Officers Officers

Executive Director

Local Local Committees Local Local Committees ChaptersLocal ChaptersFoundation Committees Chapters Chapters Chapters Projects

Membership

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 30/35 OSGeo Projects '09

UMN Quantum Mapbender OSSIM Mapserver GIS

GRASS Map Guide gvSIG MapBuilder GIS OS desktop GIS

OpenLayers deegree FDO GDAL/OGR

GEOS GeoTools

GeoNetwork MetaCRS PostGIS Project in incubation metadata libraries

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 31/35 OSGeo Live Mix '10 web mapping Quantum GIS Quantum GIS OSSIM MapServer UMN GRASS GIS uDig MapServer Geopublisher gvSIG deegree GeoMajas deegree GIS KOSMO desktop GIS ZOO Project OpenStreetMap MapFish GMT GDAL/OGR MapGuide OS FDO OpenLayers GeoKettle GeoServer Mapbender GeoTools GEOS

PostGIS GeoNetwork Viking MetaCRS SpatialLite metadata libraries

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 32/35 Conclusions

 OSGeo supports Free and Open Source geopatial Software  OSGeo is roof and umbrella for projects and communities  It is a platform, to create and share software, information and know-how  You can profit from this community of spatial expertise by participating

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 33/35 Most importantly: OSGeo works because you Join OSGeo India now. participate! http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/India

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 34/35 Thank you for 12 to 16 September 2011 FOSS4G: The annual Conference on your Attention. Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial

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Copyright: Arnulf Christl, Metaspatial. This Metaspatial slide set is copyrighted to the commons.

GWF 2011 – Hyderabad, India OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 35/35 References

 OSGeo Foundation website: http://www.osgeo.org  Wiki: http://wiki.osgeo.org  OSGeo Portugal http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Portugal  Mailing lists: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/  Incubation: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation  Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/osgeo  OGC: http://www.opengeospatial.org  OpenStreetMap: http://www.openstreetmap.org

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