Blogger claiming "shared source" is approved by OSI

Rui Miguel Silva Seabra rms at 1407.org
Thu Oct 18 15:36:40 UTC 2007


On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 05:39:33PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <rms at 1407.org> writes:
> > http://blogs.technet.com/openchoice/archive/2007/10/17/shared-source-aprovado-pela-open-source-initiative.aspx
> >
> > The real motivation for the two "open source" licenses Microsoft got
> > through OSI has just came up.
> >
> > As many feared, they are trying to further dillute the "open source"
> > term by now claiming "shared source" to have been approved by OSI.
> 
> Uh, no.  Look closer.  Some random blogger claimed that Shared Source
> was approved by the OSI; Microsoft hasn't said anything (yet).

It's not a random blogger, it's a proeminent Microsoft figure in Portugal.

Rui

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