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| DATE | 2006-05-24 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Balug-talk] [rick@linuxmafia.com: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Its a sorry day for The Linux?Journal]
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Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 03:06:46 -0400
From: Ruben Safir
To: Rick Moen
Cc: balug-talk-at-lists.balug.org, hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com, rms-at-gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Balug-talk] [rick-at-linuxmafia.com: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Its a sorry day for The Linux?Journal]
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On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:44:37PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Ruben Safir (ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com):
>
> Serve:
>
> > The general problem I find with your argument is that the cat is out
> > of the bag. The term "Open Source" has been adopted in the language
> > by many people who talk with varrying degrees of autority, whether they
> > are directly involved with OSI or not.
>
> Volley:
>
ROFL!
> The general problem I find with your argument is that the cat is out of
> the bag: The term "north" has been adopted in the language by many
> people who talk with varying degrees of authority, whether they have any
> sense of direction or not. And that is why these preposterous
> directional claims from professional compass and map-makers no longer
> have any credibilty.
>
>
I think a few more people will identify Linus Tovalds as the leader
of the "Open Source" movement than will confuse North with South, but
I could very well be wrong.
> > For whatever it is worth, OSI is no longer defining "Open Source"
>
> The Open Source Definition politely asks recognition from the court, and
> then refutes you, thus:
> http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.php
>
> You are evidently confusing definitions with trademark programs. (There
> is an "OSI Certified" service mark program in place of the former
> alleged trademark, which had legal flaws.)
>
In my opinion, this is the same mistake my beloved friend Richard Stallman makes. Both
think that they can correct the publics thinking on a key terminology by correcting
individuals one person at a time.
The one thing Richard does extremely well though is it develop a message and to stick with it
until it catches on with the press and the public.
In any event, in terms of Marketing,
I'd rather be as "Free as a Bird" that as "Open as a Prostitute" :)
And that is my last sentence on this topic for now.
Ruben
> >
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