Re: OSI's purely-neutral policy position on production of proprietary software (was Re: Query on "delayed open source" licensing)
Stefano Maffulli <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 4:56 PM <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and not necessarily those of the Open Source Initiative. Official statements by the Open Source Initiative will be sent from an opensource.org email address. License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org