Blogger claiming "shared source" is approved by OSI
Rick Moen
rick at linuxmafia.com
Fri Oct 19 18:39:58 UTC 2007
Quoting B Galliart (bgallia at gmail.com):
> It would be nice to be able to point Jamie Cannon, Sam Ramji and
> Marcos Santos to a Microsoft policy which discourages their employees
> from diluting the distinction between Open Source and Shared
> Source--but no such policy is publicly stated anyplace. So far, Bill
> Hilf isn't offering one either. Instead, the only offer I have heard
> is a distinction will be made on *one* Microsoft web page.
Yes, I think your point is well taken, and hope Microsoft Corporation
will consider doing as you suggest. The alternative is yet another messy,
ongoing process of misstatement and public correction / objection.
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Cheers, Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj.
Rick Moen
rick at linuxmafia.com
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