Thanks Even I was going to try and circle back to this today. We do have the wish to list product names, notably for supported formats and interoperability. The http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/geoserver/ page lists for example:
*Server data from a variety of data sources* Vector: Shapefiles, External WFS, PostGIS, ArcSDE, DB2, Oracle Spatial, MySql, SQL Server and more! Raster: GeoTiff, JPG and PNG (with world file), image pyramid, GDAL formats, Image Mosaic, Oracle GeoRaster, NetCDF We do have a legitimate reason to use product names, but there is reason to be careful/respectful when doing so. In the above list we should probably add SQLServer® for example, and a footnote to the page. -- Jody Garnett On 21 September 2017 at 12:10, Even Rouault <even.roua...@spatialys.com> wrote: > On jeudi 21 septembre 2017 11:20:54 CEST Jeffrey Johnson wrote: > > > We have that kind of page here > > > http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/about/migrate-open-source-gis/ ... The > > > link was removed from the hero area when Steve Feldman changed this in > > > Boston, so there is no content there now. > > > > > > Are we not willing to even mention the names of these proprietary > > > products for fear of 'promoting' them? Or do we want to present the > > > user coming from outside our community some context about which open > > > source projects are an analogue or replacement for the proprietary > > > products they are already familiar with? Thats the real question in my > > > mind. > > > > I cannot honestly think that anyone would seriously believe we are > promoting > > proprietary software if they are mentionned under a "Migrate from" label. > But > > the point here about if we can legally use other product names (and if that > > is a use of a trademark) in that context is a good one. They are probably > rules > > and good practices to follow in doing so, which can depend on juridictions > (probably > > US law applies here if the site is hosted in the US). > > Quickly researching about the topic leads to this article: > > https://moz.com/blog/comparative-advertsing-can-i- > talk-about-my-competitor-on-my-website > > The bottom line is that there are legal ways of comparing to a competitor > (is a > > "Migrate from XXXX" mention considered as comparative advertising is > another questio), > > but you can still be sued even if you follow the rules, so it is a matter > of > > appreciating the benefit vs the risk. Funnily they recommand to explictly > mention > > that you're not affiliated with the other product owner! (I guess that's > in the > > same vein as the "Caution: Contents Hot" mention on coffee cups ;-)) > > > > I had a quick look at https://www.libreoffice.org/ to see if they for > example > > mentionned MS Office or Google docs. The only mention of MS Office I could > find > > is at the bottom of > > https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/ and it is a link to an > external > > site (they do mention the compatibility with Microsft Word, Excel, > *formats*, > > but that's a bit different than comparing to the products themselves). > > On http://www.openoffice.org/ similar situation, only mention of MS > formats, > > and for compraisons with MS itself, links to externals reviews from > > http://www.openoffice.org/product/reviews.html > > > > Sandro mentionned GIMP's "like Photoshop, only better" motto but on > > https://www.gimp.org/ no mention of Photoshop I could find > > > > If you go on http://www.pitneybowes.com/us/location-intelligence/ > geographic-information-systems/mapinfo-pro.html, > > no mention of ESRI > > Same on http://www.hexagongeospatial.com/products/power-portfolio/ > erdas-imagine > > > > Just trying to decrease the emotional level of the debate with facts ;-) > > > > -- > > Spatialys - Geospatial professional services > > http://www.spatialys.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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