Fwd: [GRASSweb-list] GRASS GIS and Apple's Mac Products Guide

[Scott Mitchell-3]

Well, GRASS is definitely "Universal", but I don't know if we care  
whether Apple's logo is applied or not.  I suppose it can't hurt to  
be included in promotional material.  But I don't know if there's  
anything in the license that is involved that we might care about - I  
started reading it but licensing legalese is pretty high on my  
personal boredom list.

And then there's the question of who could sign the license  
agreement.  Maybe after becoming full members of OSGEO this would be  
easier?

Read on if interested...

Cheers,
Scott

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> From: Dan Reed <[hidden email]>
> Date: 1 November 2006 20:21:03 GMT-05:00
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [GRASSweb-list] GRASS GIS and Apple's Mac Products Guide
>
> Dear Mac Developer,
>
> It has come to our attention that one or more of your Mac  
> applications may be Universal. A Universal application runs  
> natively on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac computers and is  
> compatible with Mac OS X v10.4.4 or later.
>
> We are currently featuring Universal applications in Apple's  
> Macintosh Products Guide (http://guide.apple.com). We would like to  
> include all of your Universal products, however we are unable to  
> confirm that they are in fact Universal.
>
> In order to include your product in the Universal application  
> section of the Mac Products Guide, your website needs to clearly  
> indicate that your products are Universal. Please consider  
> licensing the Mac OS X Universal logo, free of charge, and placing  
> it on your website.
>
> You can download the logo and license agreement here:
> http://developer.apple.com/softwarelicensing/agreements/maclogo.html
>
> Please let us know when your website has been updated so we can  
> include your product. You can submit or update your product  
> listings at http://guide.apple.com/submit/ .
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dan Reed
> Macintosh Products Guide
> Developer Marketing
> Apple Computer, Inc.
>
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[Michael Barton]

This could be nice promotion, as GRASS is THE leading GIS for Mac (since
MapInfo and ESRI pulled out of the Mac and Unix Market just as OS X came on
line). But I too don't know what kind of legal/bureaucratic hoops need to be
jumped through for this.

Michael
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School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University

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> From: Scott Mitchell <[hidden email]>
> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:33:06 -0500
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [GRASS-PSC] Fwd: [GRASSweb-list] GRASS GIS and Apple's Mac Products
> Guide
>
>
> Well, GRASS is definitely "Universal", but I don't know if we care
> whether Apple's logo is applied or not.  I suppose it can't hurt to
> be included in promotional material.  But I don't know if there's
> anything in the license that is involved that we might care about - I
> started reading it but licensing legalese is pretty high on my
> personal boredom list.
>
> And then there's the question of who could sign the license
> agreement.  Maybe after becoming full members of OSGEO this would be
> easier?
>
> Read on if interested...
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Dan Reed <[hidden email]>
>> Date: 1 November 2006 20:21:03 GMT-05:00
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: [GRASSweb-list] GRASS GIS and Apple's Mac Products Guide
>>
>> Dear Mac Developer,
>>
>> It has come to our attention that one or more of your Mac
>> applications may be Universal. A Universal application runs
>> natively on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac computers and is
>> compatible with Mac OS X v10.4.4 or later.
>>
>> We are currently featuring Universal applications in Apple's
>> Macintosh Products Guide (http://guide.apple.com). We would like to
>> include all of your Universal products, however we are unable to
>> confirm that they are in fact Universal.
>>
>> In order to include your product in the Universal application
>> section of the Mac Products Guide, your website needs to clearly
>> indicate that your products are Universal. Please consider
>> licensing the Mac OS X Universal logo, free of charge, and placing
>> it on your website.
>>
>> You can download the logo and license agreement here:
>> http://developer.apple.com/softwarelicensing/agreements/maclogo.html
>>
>> Please let us know when your website has been updated so we can
>> include your product. You can submit or update your product
>> listings at http://guide.apple.com/submit/ .
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Dan Reed
>> Macintosh Products Guide
>> Developer Marketing
>> Apple Computer, Inc.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> weblist mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>> http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/weblist
>
> _______________________________________________
> grass-psc mailing list
> [hidden email]
> http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc

[Brad Douglas]

On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 09:33 -0500, Scott Mitchell wrote:
> Well, GRASS is definitely "Universal", but I don't know if we care  
> whether Apple's logo is applied or not.  I suppose it can't hurt to  
> be included in promotional material.  But I don't know if there's  
> anything in the license that is involved that we might care about - I  
> started reading it but licensing legalese is pretty high on my  
> personal boredom list.

It certainly wouldn't hurt to have an "Apple blessing".

> And then there's the question of who could sign the license  
> agreement.  Maybe after becoming full members of OSGEO this would be  
> easier?

My suggestion is that the maintainer of the binary packaging for OSX
sign the license agreement as an individual, not a specific
representative of GRASS GIS.  I've read the license agreement and I
don't see anything to be concerned about.  It gives you a free license
to use their logo for 1 year upon their approval approve.  If, for some
reason, there is an issue, simply terminate the agreement and quit using
the logo (or fight it out in court in Santa Clara, CA).


--
Brad Douglas <rez touchofmadness com>                    KB8UYR/6
Address: 37.493,-121.924 / WGS84    National Map Corps #TNMC-3785

[Scott Mitchell-3]

Good point, it's really only the binaries that count here, so I'll  
pass this on to the three "serious work on binaries" people I can  
think of...

Cheers,
Scott

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Brad Douglas <[hidden email]>
> Date: 2 November 2006 10:04:34 GMT-05:00
> To: Scott Mitchell <[hidden email]>
> Cc: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-PSC] Fwd: [GRASSweb-list] GRASS GIS and Apple's  
> Mac Products Guide
> Reply-To: [hidden email]
>
> On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 09:33 -0500, Scott Mitchell wrote:
>> Well, GRASS is definitely "Universal", but I don't know if we care
>> whether Apple's logo is applied or not.  I suppose it can't hurt to
>> be included in promotional material.  But I don't know if there's
>> anything in the license that is involved that we might care about - I
>> started reading it but licensing legalese is pretty high on my
>> personal boredom list.
>
> It certainly wouldn't hurt to have an "Apple blessing".
>
>> And then there's the question of who could sign the license
>> agreement.  Maybe after becoming full members of OSGEO this would be
>> easier?
>
> My suggestion is that the maintainer of the binary packaging for OSX
> sign the license agreement as an individual, not a specific
> representative of GRASS GIS.  I've read the license agreement and I
> don't see anything to be concerned about.  It gives you a free license
> to use their logo for 1 year upon their approval approve.  If, for  
> some
> reason, there is an issue, simply terminate the agreement and quit  
> using
> the logo (or fight it out in court in Santa Clara, CA).
>
>
> --
> Brad Douglas <rez touchofmadness com>                    KB8UYR/6
> Address: 37.493,-121.924 / WGS84    National Map Corps #TNMC-3785