Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 2nd Sep 2007 18:40 UTC
GNU, GPL, Open Source Eric S. Raymond writes on his blog: "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 I find that my resolve is being sorely tested."
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RE[5]: The article in short
by archiesteel on Mon 3rd Sep 2007 16:13 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: The article in short"
archiesteel
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2005-07-02

Actually, you misunderstood me: it should be up to Microsoft to compete *using* ODF.

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RE[6]: The article in short
by sappyvcv on Mon 3rd Sep 2007 17:22 in reply to "RE[5]: The article in short"
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2005-07-06

Should be according to... what? Law? FOSS advocates?

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RE[7]: The article in short
by archiesteel on Mon 3rd Sep 2007 17:28 in reply to "RE[6]: The article in short"
archiesteel Member since:
2005-07-02

They should be doing that because it's the right thing to do. Or perhaps you don't believe that open standards that don't give an unfair advantage to one of the parties is a good thing?

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