On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 11:04:22AM -0400, Jim Hartley wrote:
> I believe Bruce Perens is too tightly affiliated with the FSF. The FSF
> is not the right group for this job, they are "Free Software Fanatics"
> and too tightly coupled to their Philosophical agenda that all software
> should be free. Other groups like OSI take a much more pragmatic view of
> the issue, which is what is needed here - advocate Open Source and Open
> Standards as a good solution, a better solution, often the best solution
> for governments and others, but don't throw a hissy-fit if some stuff
> isn't 100% free.
You forgot some scare-quotes in there. I'll provide an edited version
of a phrase for you:
their "Philosophical" agenda that all software should be "free".
OSI isn't perfect, either, but it's a much, much better choice of
organization to get involved in lobbying for optimal results. I think
that the best option may be to get the OSI to organize a nationwide
association of local advocacy groups, with a person from each of the
FSF, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, the Linux kernel developers, the Debian core
team, a few OSI appointees, and the SLF as members of its decision
making board. I'm pretty sure none of you have heard of the SLF, so
feel free to ignore that one for now, but there doesn't seem to be
anyone else filling the role that the SLF is meant to fill in open
source software development communities at large -- thus, the reason
I threw that one in.
I'd say that anything that is unanimously *not* thrown out of the
committee should be pursued as a goal of the organization. That is to
say that every single member of that committee would have veto power.
It may sound extreme to do it that way, but it's the only way to
ensure that chances of something diabolical (from the others' point
of view) being slipped in would be minimized.
-- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Ben Franklin: "As we enjoy great Advantages from the Inventions of others we should be glad of an Opportunity to serve others by any Invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.
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