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| From: | bruce(at)perens(dot)com |
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| To: | bruce(at)perens(dot)com, knghtbrd(at)debian(dot)org |
| Cc: | aj(at)azure(dot)humbug(dot)org(dot)au, chip(at)perlsupport(dot)com, debian-legal(at)lists(dot)debian(dot)org, owinebar(at)se232(dot)math(dot)indiana(dot)edu, spi-general(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [PROPOSAL] Open Source certification |
| Date: | 1999-04-03 06:53:27 |
| Message-ID: | 19990403065327.22749.qmail@perens.com |
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From: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd(at)debian(dot)org>
> One single person on the OSI board says they are doing this on one single
> mailing list. He agrees the export issue is a real issue and that the
> termination cause is undesirable. He has only acknowledged the export
> thing to actually be a problem with the OSD and says it was an honest
> mistake.
That's nice. Perhaps Eric Raymond should say it. Unfortunately, he seems to
be stuck responding to every criticism as if it was a personal challenge to
his authority and nothing more.
By the way, regarding "civility" - OSI was contacted before my open letter
was released. Russ Nelson's response was not entirely civil (unusual for him),
and I don't believe that any of the OSI members online at that time knew the
identity of the Apple contact, and Eric was offline as usual. I had to find
the contact's name out _through_the_press_. A day later Apple opened mailing
lists and apologized to me for the lack of a path for public feedback.
Thanks
Bruce