Sean, Roy, Gerry et al.,
You are all right that figuring out the impact of this change in communities
like netCDF that have a lot of moving parts may end up being a challenge. It is
a topic of discussion at THG and we will be discussing it with Unidata next
week (after Mohan returns).
I think that sticking with the Community Edition will work in most, if not all,
cases. Are there situations in the past that members of this group know about
that involved patches that were "urgent" to the netCDF4 community? If so, let’s
get them on the table so we can hash out how they would work in the new
structure.
The real situation that we are trying to deal with is that the project-based
model can only go so far in sustaining free software (see
https://www.fordfoundation.org/library/reports-and-studies/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure).
The HDF Group has survived over many years with a very small set (way less
than 1%) of users actually providing support for tools that they use every day
in research and commercial applications. We have been working to find
alternatives for the last several years and this one seems the best.
We appreciate all input from the community on these changes and are collecting,
considering, and responding on the HDF Forum
(https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/announcing-development-of-the-enterprise-support-edition-of-hdf5/4374).
Please join the discussion there to help us understand and minimize the impact
of these changes on long-term partners.
Thanks,
Ted
==== Ted Habermann ========================
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On 5/9/18, 4:48 PM, "thredds-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Roy
Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal" <thredds-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of
roy.mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
From talking from time to time with people at HDF Group, one of the
problems is everyone wants to use it, no one wants to pay for it, my Agency
no exception (in fact we are probably one of the worse in this regard). They
will gladly buy software from Microsoft or ESRI, but not just make payments to
support things like the HDF Group or for that matter Unidata.
Maybe we can have versions with and without advertising!! (just kidding).
Seriously, I can understand where HDF Group is coming from, they are
trying to develop a model that allows for financial stability. But it makes
for some tough choices for others.
I have always wondered just how long-term and secure the funding is for
netCDF (and no Sean you don't need to answer). And on twitter and on the HDF
Forum some people have mentioned moving to some other formats, which if I
intuit things correctly are equally insecurely funded.
As I said, I don't have a lot of good answers. But maybe people can start
thinking about ways to insure that formats that are important to our scientific
communities are properly funded.
-Roy
> On May 9, 2018, at 3:20 PM, Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate
<gerry.creager@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Certainly the reduced frequency of releases, and the fairly obvious
attempt to slow bug fixes/updates represents a strategy. I'm concerned that the
attempt to make sure they maintain a stable financial footing is likely to
cause them problems down the road. I agree with Roy, too. The mix they propose
is only going to hurt the community overall.
>
> gerry
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 3:51 PM, Sean Arms <sarms@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Great points, Roy. We are discussing exactly these kinds of things
> now. Any feedback from the community from the point of view of
> netCDF-4 will certainly be welcome.
>
> I will say that because we role our own HDF reader, we likely won't be
> able to support any enterprise only features of HDF5 in the
> netCDF-Java stack unless we do a cleanroom implementation (ugh)...at
> least that's from how I interpret the "[c]lients agree to not share
> proprietary items, e.g. binaries, add-ons, documentation, etc."
> statement from their FAQ. More to come, I'm certain.
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 2:36 PM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal
> <roy.mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Sean:
> >
> > Thanks. This may cause a real conundrum. If you go with the
Enterprise version. people may not be able to build on their own if the only
have the Community Edition, as they might be differences that matter. If you
go with the Community edition, you will be late getting possibly important
patches.
> >
> > Can't say I have a good solution. was the first thing I thought of
when I saw the announcement.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Roy
> >
> >
> >> On May 9, 2018, at 1:05 PM, Sean Arms
<support-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> RE: The HDF Group's announcement of an Enterprise Support Edition
> >>
> >> Unidata is evaluating ways to ensure ongoing support for HDF5-format
data
> >> in netCDF, which will continue to be available to the community at no
cost. We
> >> hope to be able to outline a way forward for netCDF shortly.
> >>
> >> For those who may have missed the announcement by the HDF Group
yesterday,
> >> more details can be found here:
> >>
> >>
https://www.hdfgroup.org/2018/05/announcing-development-of-the-enterprise-support-edition-of-hdf5/
> >>
> >> Cheers,
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