Microsoft use of the term "Open Source"

[Matthew Flaschen]

Chris Travers wrote:
> 
> 
> On Dec 21, 2007 9:47 PM, B Galliart <bgallia at gmail.com
> <mailto:bgallia at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     The OSI board blog asks the question "Who Is Behind 'Shared Source'
>     Misinformation Campaign?"  But the problem now seems to extend beyond
>     just a generic mistake of claiming OSI approved "Shared Source"
>     instead of a technically correct headline of OSI approving
>     MS-PL/MS-RL.  The problem now is that Microsoft is claiming other
>     licenses are open source too.
> 
> 
> 
> First, can someone who wants to argue that OSI Approved is the only
> measure of open source please point me to a page where the OSI
> officially claims trademark protection for the label of "Open Source?" 

Trademarks are only one legal issue; there are many other ethical issues
to consider.  Your name is not trademarked, yet it would be very
unethical for me to misuse it.  That shows trademarks are not the only
issue to consider when there's possible misuse of a phrase.

Matt Flaschen