[Gvsig_english] Why gvSIG CE came about & CLA

[G. Allegri]

I'm also wondering about the "weights" that different kind of community
members can have into the management process.
Could you explain us better, what's the "contract" between the Association,
its memeber and the TSC? I mean beyond the CLA.
I suppose the Association is also meant to create a kind of lobby (in a
neutral meaning), to help companies to create e commercial and technical
network. In the long term, isn't there the risk to loose a bit of democracy
in the project choices (from the logo design, to a patch contribution)?

I understand that a big project needs fundings to be mantained, and I agree
that a business model is needed for it. Anyway, what will really keep gvSIG
from lossing "open sourceness" is the ability to give the same voice to a
big company member and the "normal" community user... This is a challenge, I
know, and there are no magic rules to do it. I'm ready to try iand
partecipate. As a normal user ;)

giovanni

2011/7/1 Wolfgang Qual <Wolfgang.Qual at gmx.net>

> Dear Fran,
>
> "... but at least, the fork
> will help to clarify many things arround the project, and will make us
> better. "
>
> I guess this is really necessary. I will keep on asking these naive
> questions. But I think that there are quite some more who do not understand
> this structure. If the paying members of the association keep the project
> alive: do they control the development more than normal users (I guess so)?
> Some things need to be explained better: I remember discussions about the
> SVN one or two years ago. Not only reading access was requested, but also
> the possibility to contribute to the programme via SVN. Wasn't this one
> criteria for gvsig to become an osgeo-project (btw, what is the status at
> the moment)? Who is currently developing gvSIG (some time ago, there were
> two companies, many developers. But today?)? It seems to be not that easy
> to
> contribute to the project (as an "external" developer) - true? Many
> questions, I just led my mind wander...
>
> Best,
> Wolfgang
>
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