Our Purpose (Re: DRAFT FAQ: Free vs. Open)

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Fri Jan 11 23:55:51 UTC 2008


Ernest Prabhakar wrote:
> Hi Rick,
> 
> On Jan 10, 2008, at 4:43 PM, Rick Moen wrote:
>> Then, I think you had better carefully mark
>> https://osi.osuosl.org/wiki/help/opensource as _not_ speaking for OSI,
>> as many will otherwise assume.
> 
> Fair enough.  I've expanded the Disclaimer's on:
> 
> https://osi.osuosl.org/wiki/help/license
> 
> https://osi.osuosl.org/wiki/help/opensource
> 
> Does that address your concerns? Or can you suggest better language?

I would remove, "This list of Frequently Asked Questions is hosted by
the Open Source Initiative".

It gives a wrong impression (that the FAQ is at least implicitly
official), and is in fact factually incorrect (the FAQ is hosted by
Oregon State University per whois).

Matt Flaschen



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