Re: [flalug] Petition to run for OSI Board of Directors

From: tom smith (atomsmitty@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 18 2008 - 22:13:16 EST


Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 06:29:50PM -0500, tom smith wrote:
>> This is a link to a petition for Bruce Perens to run for the Open Source
>> Initiative Board of Directors. If you don't already have a username and
>> password, you can get one right away on a linked page.
>> Smitty
>> http://techp.org/p/7
>
> Is there a petition to keep him *off* the board? I think the last thing
> we need is another guy who favors a *specific* type of open source
> license over all others for FSF-like ideological reasons on the OSI
> board. Next thing you know, he'll be arguing for decertifying the BSD
> license.
>
> Bruce Perens has done a lot of good for open source software. I don't
> think this would be the right place for him to do more good, judging by
> what I know of him.
>
Chad,
Perhaps you should email or phone him about your views.
bruce at perens dot com or call 510-984-1055
Smitty



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