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Is the CodePlex Foundation Truly Independent Now?
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/06/23/1351230/Is-the-CodePlex-Foundation-Truly-Independent-Now
Can the CodePlex Foundation Free itself from Microsoft?
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| Not surprisingly, CodePlex has been subject to
| much suspicion â and derision. It was a pretty
| blatant attempt to jump on the open source
| bandwagon, in a form that was strictly
| controlled by Microsoft, which allowed it to
| place its own interpretation on what open
| source meant (by including licences that
| weren't on the OSI list, for example). And so
| no surprise, either, that the open source
| world has pretty much ignored CodePlex as a
| result. I must confess that I am guilty of
| this sin too, and that is unfortunate, because
| something is happening there that is
| potentially very interesting.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=3036&blogid=14
Could Microsoft's CodePlex Actually Go Independent?
http://ostatic.com/blog/could-microsofts-codeplex-actually-go-independent
Recent:
All Quiet on the CodePlex Front as 100 Day Mark Passes
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| As you may recall, Microsoft announced back
| on September 10 that it had launched a new
| foundation "as a forum in which open source
| communities and the software development
| community can come together with the shared
| goal of increasing participation in open
| source community projects." It called it's
| new non-profit organization the CodePlex
| Foundation, echoing the name of a commercial
| site, called CodePlex.com, that it had
| earlier set up to host open source
| development projects.
|
| Microsoft launched the CodePlex Foundation
| with bylaws and other governance documents
| with which I had some issues, and about
| which I posted some recommendations. But it
| also publicly stated that these documents,
| and the initial boards of directors and
| advisors, were only temporary. Within 100
| days, the statements posted at the site
| pledged, a new Board would be announced.
| Nominations for the Boards of Directors and
| Advisors were welcomed, as well as
| recommendations on changes to the governance
| documents.
|
| But December 19 - the 100 day mark - passed
| quietly, with no announcement of a new Board
| or a status update on the other goals. So
| what's up with the CodePlex Foundation, and
| its pledge to promptly transition into a
| more independent organization?
|
| One clue may be that the search for a
| permanent Executive Director, to replace
| interim President Sam Ramji, apparently
| isn't moving quickly.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20091230080801368
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