#MAPBENDER IRC Log - 2009-04-20

For logs after Feb 3, 2007, all times are GMT-8. Prior logs are GMT-9.
Back to Logs
06:57:46 Testbaudson: 1700
06:57:49 Testbaudson: meeting time
06:58:00 : * seven is here
06:58:06 : * ur too
06:58:14 : * tbaschetti is here
06:58:21 Testbaudson: christoph is here
06:58:21 astroidex: hi
06:58:31 mandsch: Michael is here
06:59:33 Testbaudson: Agenda is here
06:59:34 Testbaudson: http://www.mapbender.org/IRC_Meeting#Meeting_Agenda
06:59:35 sigq: Title: IRC Meeting - MapbenderWiki ( at www.mapbender.org )
07:00:00 : * seven is still adding stuff...
07:00:22 Testbaudson: ( 1 ) Google Summer of Code
07:00:35 Testbaudson: we have been allocated two students by Google and OSGeo
07:00:46 Testbaudson: both have submitted promising proposals
07:00:50 seven: woot
07:01:22 Testbaudson: I guess the official announcement is today
07:01:31 Testbaudson: so I will contact the students tomorrow
07:01:50 seven: Who is mentoring? Both Testbaudson?
07:02:21 astroidex: I want to assist with CSW
07:02:22 Testbaudson: Officially, I mentor both
07:02:33 Testbaudson: inofficially, others help in
07:02:37 Testbaudson: thanks astroidex
07:02:52 Testbaudson: we have already contacted other interested parties
07:03:33 Testbaudson: Andreas Fischer ( who has added the CSW idea ) wants to help too
07:03:47 Testbaudson: astroidex has also contacted Armin Retterath
07:04:07 Testbaudson: so I guess we will have enough CSW expertise and input
07:04:33 Testbaudson: any questions?
07:04:43 Testbaudson: any input?
07:05:06 : * seven would be interested in keeping up to date with the project.
07:05:14 seven: How to do that?
07:05:19 tbaschetti: thanks for mentoring
07:05:21 Testbaudson: what project?
07:05:22 seven: Where to start?
07:05:44 seven: CSW
07:05:54 Testbaudson: there will be a weekly status report from our students
07:06:01 seven: to the dev list?
07:06:03 Testbaudson: mapbender_dev
07:06:07 seven: Exellent
07:06:10 seven: c
07:06:22 seven: ^
07:07:10 Testbaudson: move on to the next topic?
07:07:36 seven: Yes.
07:07:38 seven: Copyright assignment to OSGeo. See http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2009-April/001106.html
07:07:39 sigq: Title: [Incubator] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] process for copyright assignment ( at lists.osgeo.org )
07:07:49 seven: Can you please read that mail...
07:08:35 seven: OK.
07:08:45 : * tbaschetti has read...
07:08:52 seven: I suggest t make it official we have a motion and vote now.
07:08:59 seven: Do we have quorum?
07:09:27 seven: 5 should be OK.
07:09:36 seven: Any questions?
07:09:49 seven: We discussed this before.
07:09:54 : * Testbaudson has not read the document
07:09:57 Testbaudson: is it ok?
07:10:38 seven: Thats fine.
07:10:43 Testbaudson: or will my soul be sold to OSGeo?
07:10:49 seven: Hehe, sure...
07:10:57 Testbaudson: I don't need it anyway
07:11:07 Testbaudson: +1 on the motion
07:11:09 seven: Arnulf moves to transfer the Copyright of Mapbender to OSGeo.
07:11:17 seven: ( someone please second )
07:11:23 ur: second
07:11:24 tbaschetti: second
07:11:27 Testbaudson: +1
07:11:28 tbaschetti: +1
07:11:32 ur: +1
07:11:33 seven: +1
07:11:49 seven: Can somebody please wake up astroidex?
07:11:57 seven: for the quorum...
07:12:28 astroidex: huch - I am awake
07:12:30 mandsch: +1
07:12:34 astroidex: : )
07:12:34 mandsch: me too ;- )
07:12:43 seven: Excellente!
07:12:44 astroidex: +1
07:12:48 seven: Muchas Gracias.
07:13:09 seven: I will prepare the required documents and send them to all devs.
07:13:29 seven: Please sign and send back via mail, directly to Tyler Mitchell.
07:13:34 seven: That was it.
07:13:36 seven: :- )
07:13:41 Testbaudson: thank you
07:13:41 seven: Next topic.
07:14:00 seven: Adding BSD license to the Mapbender project. See: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2009-April/001110.html
07:14:01 sigq: Title: [Incubator] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] process for copyright assignment ( at lists.osgeo.org )
07:14:11 seven: can you pleas read that mail...
07:14:44 seven: The PSC votes on a motion declaring the change of license terms. The PSC chair ( who is an OSGeo officer ) declares the motion passed and in effect. As an officer they can speak on behalf of the foundation in such matters. The documentation, headers, etc are updated accordingly.
07:14:55 seven: Formatting...
07:15:03 seven: Step one: The PSC votes on a motion declaring the change of license terms.
07:15:13 seven: 2: The PSC chair ( who is an OSGeo officer ) declares the motion passed and in effect. As an officer they can speak on behalf of the foundation in such matters.
07:15:22 seven: 3: The documentation, headers, etc are updated accordingly.
07:15:38 seven: Anyone care to make a motion?
07:15:44 : * seven does not wannt to make all motions...
07:15:57 Testbaudson: why?
07:16:00 seven: OK.
07:16:15 seven: Arnulf motions to publish Mapbender under a dual licenses
07:16:27 seven: One stays GNU GPL as before.
07:16:44 seven: Additionally Mapbender can be used under the terms of the BSD license.
07:16:59 seven: ...as discussed in 2007 and last year.
07:17:14 seven: It will allow people to use Mapbender in proprietary packages.
07:17:24 seven: or if they wish under the terms of the GNU GPL.
07:17:48 seven: The trunk of the project will obviously continue under the GNU GPL.
07:18:17 seven: This will ensure that the OSGeo project Mapbender svn hosts the most current and complete and fully Free Software version of Mapbender. .
07:18:30 seven: That was it.
07:19:00 Testbaudson: what do we need to change in the source code?
07:19:13 seven: Add the link to the BSD license.
07:19:17 seven: I volunteer to do that.
07:19:29 seven: We wanted to clean up some of the headers anyway.
07:19:38 Testbaudson: thanks
07:19:43 seven: It will take some time because I want to make sure that everything is really clean.
07:19:57 seven: Means that I have to open virtually all files... :- )
07:20:26 seven: OK. We are still in the motion.
07:20:35 Testbaudson: seconded
07:20:36 seven: discussion?
07:20:41 seven: Ah, thanks.
07:20:42 seven: +1
07:20:44 Testbaudson: +1
07:20:46 mandsch: +1
07:20:50 ur: +1
07:20:59 : * seven nudges astroidex via Skype...
07:21:31 tbaschetti: +1
07:21:40 astroidex: don't know yet
07:22:54 Testbaudson: astroidex: you can vote -1 or 0
07:23:00 astroidex: 0
07:23:13 seven: Good, motions passes.
07:23:14 seven: Thank you.
07:23:34 seven: If you have questions on any of these things, please contact me or ask here.
07:23:48 : * seven is done for now.
07:23:52 : * Testbaudson thinks this is a very good decision
07:24:07 Testbaudson: more freedom for the users
07:24:18 ur: that's a point
07:24:42 seven: Maybe it will make more people who are somewhat afraid of the GPL join the project.
07:25:09 seven: That was this week's agenda.
07:25:33 Testbaudson: anything else?
07:25:39 : * seven will write a mail dev explaining what needs to be done. It is more formal things...
07:25:47 seven: I have a question.
07:26:00 seven: Anybody savvy with tiles?
07:26:15 : * ur not
07:26:28 seven: Are the tiling schemes of GoogleMaps and OpenStreetMap compatible?
07:26:38 Testbaudson: no idea
07:26:39 ur: yes, I think so
07:26:51 seven: OK.
07:26:52 ur: you can use both together...
07:27:15 ur: so it should be compatilbe ?!
07:27:24 seven: There are several schemes out there now. Google, Yahoo, OpenStreetMap and a new WMTS canditate standard.
07:27:34 seven: Which are we going to implement in Mapbender?
07:27:42 seven: One, all of them, when they come?
07:27:43 Testbaudson: all
07:27:52 seven: He.
07:27:54 seven: Cool.
07:27:59 Testbaudson: at least on the serve side
07:28:03 Testbaudson: server
07:28:15 seven: OK.
07:28:33 Testbaudson: any funding?
07:28:38 seven: Will it use the current WMS configuration administration?
07:29:01 Testbaudson: seven: hopefully not
07:29:05 seven: re funding: There are several projects in which one of the schemes might need ot be used.
07:29:19 seven: Testbaudson: I am not talking internals but GUI.
07:29:20 seven: _
07:29:38 : * Testbaudson knows
07:29:56 seven: The main advantage of Mapbender over competing clients it that MB has web absed administration for everything.
07:30:09 seven: So we will need the whole apparatus:
07:30:24 seven: cache "upload Capabilities"
07:30:26 seven: update
07:30:29 seven: delete
07:30:32 seven: security
07:30:33 seven: etc.
07:30:53 seven: We probably also need a new navigation / zoom tool
07:30:59 Testbaudson: if we can come up with a concept, our Soc student can build the admin interfaces
07:31:11 seven: that takes care of the scale limits of the tiling schemes.
07:31:20 seven: ...this is why I initially asked...
07:31:41 seven: Testbaudson: I can put together a set of requirements.
07:31:57 seven: If you give me a stub where to start that would be helpful.
07:32:10 seven: Maybe we can accompany this projects as it goes.
07:32:14 seven: And blog about it.
07:32:26 Testbaudson: seven: good idea
07:32:27 seven: So that people understand theb governance behind Mapbender.
07:32:47 seven: Anythign else on this?
07:32:49 Testbaudson: we need the necessary fields for each service
07:32:50 seven: Questions?
07:33:15 seven: Who of the devs who are here would be interested in having tiling WMS in Mapbender?
07:33:24 seven: for client projects or whatever?
07:33:26 mandsch: absolutely!
07:33:29 : * Testbaudson waves
07:33:32 ur: yes
07:33:38 seven: Good.
07:33:39 tbaschetti: yes
07:33:52 astroidex: maybe
07:33:59 seven: It seem like this will be something that can be used in many contexts.
07:34:30 mandsch: we basically discussed this already when it came to OL integration, didn't we ?
07:34:53 seven: No, this is a little different.
07:35:04 mandsch: but this apporach would implement a mapbender specific tiling
07:35:06 mandsch: ?
07:35:16 seven: If we integrate OL, then we do not need to implement it in Mapbender.
07:35:40 seven: mandsch: "Mapbender specific" means the internals and GUI.
07:35:59 seven: We should obviously support the schemes that are already there.
07:37:22 seven: When will 2.6 be stable?
07:37:51 astroidex: before Bolsena
07:38:03 seven: Good.
07:38:51 : * seven has nothing more.
07:39:33 astroidex: motion to close the meeting
07:39:43 seven: second
07:39:45 seven: +1
07:39:48 ur: +1
07:39:49 astroidex: +1
07:39:52 Testbaudson: +1
07:39:53 tbaschetti: +1
07:39:58 seven: have a nice weekend.
07:40:01 seven: Ähhhh....
07:40:07 tbaschetti: hrmpf
07:40:11 tbaschetti: nice try
07:42:54 mandsch: bye
07:44:04 ur: bye and cu