Comment by laserhawk64 in Open Source Hardware Question

Comment by laserhawk64 in Open Source Hardware Question:
So let me get this straight. The "Open Source Initiative", which is supposed to be promoting not just monetarily-free software but software that anyone can use and/or change to make their own... is closed-minded about their logo?

Get a grip, OSI. That's warped.

In related news, I would recommend the licensing bit, up until money comes into play. If they're wanting money, shut down the talks and walk away. If they try to take this to court... I don't think they'll get very far, simply because the judge (if s/he has any humanity at all) will point out exactly what I did in the first two paragraphs here: OSI has no right to be closed about their logo if their express purpose is promoting openness of any meaningful kind.

This sounds more like a Microsoft or Monsanto type move than anything I would expect of the crowd we're dealing with. That's a really bull move, and no matter what happens, OSI comes out the loser. If they lose, they lose. If they win, they've rendered their own organization's job description inoperable, and they will slide from irrelevance to nonexistence in a rather short period of time. Public opinion in a niche market situation can be pretty vicious.

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