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SCO and the Three Stooges

As SCO’s attack against Linux collapses, with Judge Dale Kimball’s ruling on the Novell copyrights making it plainer than ever that the lawsuit was fraudulent from the word go, we’re…

RMS going off on a tangent again

RMS is leading people off on his own path again. He’s saying that if people want to keep their freedom they better not follow Torvalds. While it’s great that RMS doesn’t compromise his principles, the principle that he isn’t compromising isn’t necessary. RMS constantly tells us that it is the word “Free” which is important. This says to me that he feels that the experience of freedom — that actual freedom — is not important. Only the name is important, not the thing.

My resolve to treat Microsoft like any another license submitter is being sorely tested.

There’s been a lot of debate in the community about how OSI should properly handle Microsoft’s planned submission of some of its licenses for OSD certification. That debate has been been going on within OSI, too.

OSI’s official position, from the beginning, which I helped formulate and have expressed to any number of reporters and analysts, is that OSI will treat any licenses submitted to Microsoft strictly on their merits, without fear or favor. That remains OSI’s position. But…

Why companies?

I never quite have understood why the mainstream press concentrates so much on what companies are doing. For example, see Jon Brodkin’s NetWorld article, wherein he talks about nine open…

TCS Wide Area Network Emulator becomes open source

In 2005 I visited India for the first time. It was a whirlwind tour and one of the most eye-opening experiences of my life. The purpose of my visit was to promote open source based on my own experiences, and to get a first-hand understanding of the challenges and opportunities for open source in the world’s most populous democracy.