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Truth In Labelling
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| That's about more than just licensing. It also includes
| factors such as diversity of copyright ownership,
| representative leadership, use of open standards, patent
| safety, control of trademarks, openness of governance and
| more. While measuring such "inputs" can never wholly
| identify the holistic concept which is software freedom, I
| am still convinced the next step for open source is to
| devise "open source definitions" for these other key
| attributes, so that we can get away from an undefined and
| loose understanding of an open source business and
| instead have a more nuanced approach.
|
| What I would like to see is a move by OSI to create a
| suite of "open source definitions" against which a
| business could grade itself, and then indicate how many
| "stars" they score against the full suite. There would
| be very, very few businesses able to score a full set of
| stars, but the transparency of being able to see how
| companies rate in cultivating (rather just exploiting)
| software freedom would benefit us all in creating a
| strong, open market. We could set benchmarks in our
| procurement guidelines, requiring "no less than a five-
| star rating on the open source benchmark", just as we
| require ISO9001 and similar ratings. OSI as an
| organisation is ready for this evolution of its role.
| Who wants to help make it happen? It's time.
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http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/truth_in_labelling
Enabling open core
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| I have lauded the release of vxVistA but I fear that as a
| FOSS project, it will be stillborn because of the EPL.
| Users will be forced to choose between vxVistA and the
| considerable menu of proprietary partners whose patent and
| proprietary interests are satisfied by the EPL, and a
| projects where VA VistA is being improved -as a platform-
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http://www.fredtrotter.com/2009/10/03/enabling-open-core/
Recent:
Linux on the Label!
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| Anyone that uses Linux regularly is familiar with the "Google to see if it
| works under Linux" procedure before buying any hardware. I was thrilled when
| I saw the ad for a USB Atari 2600 joystick clone that had a label on the box
| claiming its Linux compatibility.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-label
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