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| DATE | 2006-05-24 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Balug-talk] [rick@linuxmafia.com: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Its a sorry day for The Linux?Journal]
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> Third, you're replicating the careless error of that other guy on this
> mailing list who (badly) quoted Torvalds as supposedly being an obvious
> spokesman for open source (when he has in fact not purported to do that
> at all): You're rather blatantly disregarding the _truly_ obvious
> spokesmen for that movement -- the people who for almost a decade have
> _been_ the literal spokesmen: If you're trying to establish that such
> statements are characteristic of open source, then where are the
> quotations to that effect from OSI Board members and official spokemen?
> Larry Rosen? Russell Nelson? Michael Tiemann?
>
> I don't think you can, because I know to one degree or another all of
> those people and most of the others, and your portrayal simply does not
> reflect their views.
>
The general problem I find with your argument is that the cat is out
of the bag. The term "Open Source" has been adopted in the language
by many people who talk with varrying degrees of autority, whether they
are directly involved with OSI or not. For whatever it is worth, OSI is
no longer defining "Open Source" which is something I think they really
encouraged and was a goal in their "marketing".
And now we are stuck with it. If Linus uses Bitkeeper, then it must
be "OK" with Open Source, because Linus (insert Brooklyn based adjetive
here) says so. Right?
right.
Nobody is running to OSI's website to see
if it their official position or not. Of course, then we see a case like
Nicholas Petreley shooting and Free Software with such a wide that he is
busy shooting at Freedom under every rock, Free Software, Open Source
be damned. But be clear about it. For millions of people Linus Tovalds
is the face of "Open Source". If your going to argue otherwise by correctly
pointing out the finer points of OSI membership, I'll agree with you, but
that won't mean a darn thing to the public (or in political situations).
Ruben
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