MoU OGC/Review 2020

Review Team

• Tom Kralidis
• Rob Atkinson
• Franz-Josef Behr
• Rajat Shinde
• Angelos Tzotsos
• Dimitris Kotzinos
• Bruce Bannerman

Issue tracker: https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/80

Introduction

Overview

At the OSGeo Board 2019 face-to-face meeting in Bucharest, one of the topics covered was the OSGeo / OGC Memorandum of Understanding. OSGeo and OGC agreed that it would be a good time to review and update the MOU as required to reflect current requirements and opportunities.

Purpose

The purpose of this activity is to analyze the current OSGeo/OGC MOU to articulate opportunities in support of a renewed MOU.

Scope

This activity is bound to the OSGeo/OGC relationship.

Background

• MOU circa 2008
• https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_signs_Memorandum_of_Understanding_with_OGC
• https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Source_and_Open_Standards

Current State (2020-)

• Reference implementations/demos
• OSGeo certification service
• 6 membership slots
• OSGeo Standards mailing list
• OSGeo participation in OGC
• OGC participation in OSGeo
• OGC API efforts and OSGeo implementations

Analysis

• OGC: increase in developer focus and engagement of software development community
• increased collaboration via OGC API sprints
• FOSS4G is beneficial to all/for all software

Opportunities

• aligned missions: FAIR data principles
• developer focus
• more sprints/cross pollination
• OSGeo participation innovation projects
• OSGeo representation vs. individual membership
• OSGeo contribution to developer.ogc.org
• OSGeo single membership provides SWG voting rights

Next Steps

Draft Exhibit A for review by OSGeo and OGC