Re: [Fsfe-uk] osc? who?

[Geoffrey Teale]

I know people who founded and work for one of the companies listed
personally (including the founders).  I won't name the company on a
publicly available list but I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole.  To
be fair though they are very pro Free Software, just not people I'd do
business with.  As for the rest of the companies, well I know at least
one of them to be very reputable indeed. 

One problem Free (and more particularly, Open) software has is that
anyone can hijack the agenda by simply adopting a similar sounding name.
I'm sure we all know about  Microsoft's "Shared source" programme. 

While I applaud anything that helps the spread of free software, I do
worry that this consortium may give F/OSS a bad name if they don't live
up to their promises.  Maybe the "OSC Business Standard" will help in
that respect.

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Geoffrey Teale <address@hidden>
Cmed Technology