Comments on: Microsoft behaviour on OOXML pokes ESR http://maffulli.net/2007/09/04/microsoft-behaviour-on-ooxml-pokes-esr/ about open communities, source of freedom and good software Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:33:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: ][ stefano maffulli » There is much more than a license http://maffulli.net/2007/09/04/microsoft-behaviour-on-ooxml-pokes-esr/#comment-31280 ][ stefano maffulli » There is much more than a license Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:13:11 +0000 tag:www.fsfe.org://e4032d5be5dc6be43d1d0b7da65405e2#comment-31280 [...] as OSI approved licenses, Roberto Galoppini sends a clear message to OSI board in response to Eric Raymond’s comment: A license is a license, it is definitely not matter of [...] [...] as OSI approved licenses, Roberto Galoppini sends a clear message to OSI board in response to Eric Raymond’s comment: A license is a license, it is definitely not matter of [...]

]]> By: Stef http://maffulli.net/2007/09/04/microsoft-behaviour-on-ooxml-pokes-esr/#comment-31275 Stef Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:58:46 +0000 tag:www.fsfe.org://e4032d5be5dc6be43d1d0b7da65405e2#comment-31275 Gianugo: I don't follow Apache projects so I don't have a clear view of what you are talking about. I wonder if others in FSF are aware that there is a problem and my guess is that simply they don't. Googling FOU and Java I found this <a href="http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=44942" rel="nofollow">open letter</a>: is this the problem you are talking about? That open letter gives 30 days deadline: did Sun answer? I have seen Sun dragging its feet on many things, including OO.org, but I have also seen Sun addressing the issues when publicly pressured. <a href="http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/02/03/public-thank-you-to-simon-phipps-chief-open-source-officer-at-sun-microsystems/" rel="nofollow">Here, for example</a>, it took many months for PLIO to get their voice heard. Sun is a big corporation, not so different than many others but from what I can see they participate and listen to the community. Gianugo: I don’t follow Apache projects so I don’t have a clear view of what you are talking about. I wonder if others in FSF are aware that there is a problem and my guess is that simply they don’t. Googling FOU and Java I found this open letter: is this the problem you are talking about? That open letter gives 30 days deadline: did Sun answer?

I have seen Sun dragging its feet on many things, including OO.org, but I have also seen Sun addressing the issues when publicly pressured. Here, for example, it took many months for PLIO to get their voice heard. Sun is a big corporation, not so different than many others but from what I can see they participate and listen to the community.

]]> By: Gianugo Rabellino http://maffulli.net/2007/09/04/microsoft-behaviour-on-ooxml-pokes-esr/#comment-31274 Gianugo Rabellino Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:27:43 +0000 tag:www.fsfe.org://e4032d5be5dc6be43d1d0b7da65405e2#comment-31274 Stef, nice comment, but I just have to note how the FSF hasn't quite enforced their moral grounds when Sun decided to blatantly violate the four freedoms with their FOU restriction on compatible Java implementations and TCKs. I'm still wondering why the smoke curtain of OpenJDK is making such a bully move get so much unnoticed from the FSF side. Stef,

nice comment, but I just have to note how the FSF hasn’t quite enforced their moral grounds when Sun decided to blatantly violate the four freedoms with their FOU restriction on compatible Java implementations and TCKs. I’m still wondering why the smoke curtain of OpenJDK is making such a bully move get so much unnoticed from the FSF side.

]]> By: University Update - Open Source - Microsoft behaviour on OOXML pokes ESR http://maffulli.net/2007/09/04/microsoft-behaviour-on-ooxml-pokes-esr/#comment-31270 University Update - Open Source - Microsoft behaviour on OOXML pokes ESR Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:52:11 +0000 tag:www.fsfe.org://e4032d5be5dc6be43d1d0b7da65405e2#comment-31270 [...] Microsoft behaviour on OOXML pokes ESR » This Summary is from an article posted at ][ stefano maffulli on Tuesday, September 04, 2007 [...] [...] Microsoft behaviour on OOXML pokes ESR » This Summary is from an article posted at ][ stefano maffulli on Tuesday, September 04, 2007 [...]

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