[License-discuss] OSI's purely-neutral policy position on production of proprietary software (was Re: Query on "delayed open source" licensing)

[Stefano Maffulli]

On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 4:56 PM <lrosen at rosenlaw.com> wrote:

> Stefano Maffulli wrote:
>
> Various OSI leaders have indicated that they agree that proprietary
> software is harmful over the years, and, as such I had thought there had
> already been a position change by OSI from being neutral about proprietary
> software toward a pro-software-rights position that sees proprietary
> software as fundamentally harmful to society.
>
>
>
> Who voted? When?
>

That's what Bradley wrote, not me.

I wrote:

We agree that it is harmful to society, and that's one of the reasons why
> OSI joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance, for example.
>

not *fundamentally* harmful, just harmful :) The OSI is not going around
wagging fingers.

/stef
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