OSI enforcement? (Was Re: Microsoft use of the term "Open Source")

[Arnoud Engelfriet]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> OSI has never "compelled" anyone.  What they have done, and must
> continue to do is:
> 
> a. Be very clear about what is and isn't open source.
> b. Tell people to describe software as open source only when it actually is.
> c. Ask people to speak up loudly when software is described incorrectly
> as open source.

Which immediately suggests to me that OSI should re-apply for
a registered trademark on "open source", as this kind of activity
may well have established secondary meaning for this otherwise
descriptive term.

http://www.bitlaw.com/trademark/degrees.html#descriptive

Arnoud

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