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Arnulf: /* FOSS4G Europe Manifesto */ "rather fun & social than boring" is beside the point and offensive to all the boring people of this world. :-)

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FOSS4G Europe Manifesto: "rather fun & social than boring" is beside the point and offensive to all the boring people of this world. :-)

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FOSS4G North America Manifesto

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Wiki-Jachym: Created page with "= DRAFT = Purpose: To define manifesto for future FOSS4G conferences all over the world == FOSS4G Manifesto == Use of the name '''FOSS4G''' is managed by the '''OSGeo Conferenc..."

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Purpose: To define manifesto for future FOSS4G conferences all over the world

== FOSS4G Manifesto ==

Use of the name '''FOSS4G''' is managed by the '''OSGeo Conference Committee'''. As a courtesy, events which wish to make use of the "FOSS4G" name should request permission to do so from the conference committee. Permission will be granted if the event being described is predominantly about '''Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial'''.

FOSS4G conference (sometimes refered as Global FOSS4G)rotates around the world every year. Selection process has been set and described for future years, as well as rotation schema. The selection process is maintained by OSGeo Conference Committee.

On regional level, several other events are taking place, which are referring the the name "FOSS4G" as well. This happens on the national, language-oriented or regional level. Each regional event is organized on it's own way by the local conference committees.

You can find more detailed information about the conference and it's organization in the [[FOSS4G_Handbook]].

== FOSS4G Europe Manifesto ==

FOSS4G Europe (started as FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe) is regional event. It's scope is to bring the spirit and information flow of global FOSS4G conference closer to the people living in various edges of Europe. FOSS4G Europe is rather small then big, rather simple than opulent, rather affordable then spendy, rather educative then academic. We are especially welcoming developers of open source software for geoinformatics as well as students. FOSS4G Europe is intended to address also (but not exclusively) Europe specific topics, like INSPIRE, European Union and other topics.

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 * rather affordable than spendy,
 * rather educative than academic,
-* rather fun & social than boring.
 We are especially welcoming developers of open source software for geoinformatics as well as students. FOSS4G Europe is intended to address also (but not exclusively) Europe specific topics, like INSPIRE, European Union and other topics.

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 == FOSS4G conference Manifesto ==
-Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conferences refer to a series of events which provides presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities based around Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial.
+Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conferences refer to a series of events which provides presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities based around Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. It is the annual recurring global event hosted by OSGeo since it's inception in 2006. Its predecessors were rooted in the GRASS and MapServer communities and can be traced back to the beginning of this millennium.
 FOSS4G includes one annual global event which rotates around the world, as well as a number of regional events which follow similar principles.
 === Use of the name ===
+FOSS4G is not registered as a trademark but has a long tradition of being used in the context of Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. The domain was originally registered by [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] (Venka) who later graciously [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2007-August/000379.html donated] it to OSGeo - under the condition that using the name should stay open to anybody who does something reasonably related to Free and Open Source Geospatial. If you are not sure, simply ask on the main mailing list (starting from [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2011-November/009762.html here]).
 === Conference place rotation ===

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-''Purpose: To define manifesto for future FOSS4G conferences all over the world''
+''Purpose: To define manifesto for future FOSS4G conferences all over the world - about the spirit, not intended as guidelines''
 == FOSS4G conference Manifesto ==

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 == FOSS4G North America Manifesto ==
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+'''FOSS4G North America''' is the English language regional event for Canada and the USA (and whoever else wants to come). It provides a "FOSS4G like" annual event for North Americans to attend in those years when FOSS4G international is being held overseas. In years when FOSS4G international is in North America, this event is not held.
 == FOSS4G YOUR-PLACE-HERE Manifesto ==

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 == FOSS4G conference Manifesto ==
-Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conferences refer to a series of events which provides presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities based around Free and Open Source Software.
+Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conferences refer to a series of events which provides presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities based around Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial.
 FOSS4G includes one annual global event which rotates around the world, as well as a number of regional events which follow similar principles.
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 Location and date selection of FOSS4G regional and local events should be coordinated with other FOSS4G events.
-See also: [[FOSS4G_Handbook#Regional_and_Local_FOSS4G_selection|FOSS4G Handbook]], join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/conference-europe|the mailing list]
+See also: [[FOSS4G_Handbook#Regional_and_Local_FOSS4G_selection|FOSS4G Handbook]], join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/conference-europe the mailing list]
 == FOSS4G North America Manifesto ==

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+'''DRAFT'''
-== FOSS4G Manifesto ==
+''Purpose: To define manifesto for future FOSS4G conferences all over the world''
-Use of the name '''FOSS4G''' is managed by the '''OSGeo Conference Committee'''. As a courtesy, events which wish to make use of the "FOSS4G" name should request permission to do so from the conference committee. Permission will be granted if the event being described is predominantly about '''Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial'''.
+== FOSS4G conference Manifesto ==
-FOSS4G conference (sometimes refered as Global FOSS4G)rotates around the world every year. Selection process has been set and described for future years, as well as rotation schema. The selection process is maintained by OSGeo Conference Committee.
+Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conferences refer to a series of events which provides presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities based around Free and Open Source Software.
-On regional level, several other events are taking place, which are referring the the name "FOSS4G" as well. This happens on the national, language-oriented or regional level. Each regional event is organized on it's own way by the local conference committees.
+FOSS4G includes one annual global event which rotates around the world, as well as a number of regional events which follow similar principles.
-You can find more detailed information about the conference and it's organization in the [[FOSS4G_Handbook]].
+=== Use of the name ===
 == FOSS4G Europe Manifesto ==
-FOSS4G Europe (started as FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe) is regional event. It's scope is to bring the spirit and information flow of global FOSS4G conference closer to the people living in various edges of Europe. FOSS4G Europe is rather small then big, rather simple than opulent, rather affordable then spendy, rather educative then academic. We are especially welcoming developers of open source software for geoinformatics as well as students. FOSS4G Europe is intended to address also (but not exclusively) Europe specific topics, like INSPIRE, European Union and other topics.
+'''FOSS4G Europe''' (started as FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe) is the regional event. Its scope is to bring the spirit and information flow of the global FOSS4G conference closer to the people living in various edges of Europe. FOSS4G Europe is