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OSI doesn't own the term "open source" [0] [1] [0]: https://writing.kemitchell.com/2019/05/05/Rely-on-OSI.html https://writing.kemitchell.com/2019/05/05/Rely-o
by ezekg 4y ago
OSI doesn't own the term "open source" [0] [1]
[0]: https://writing.kemitchell.com/2019/05/05/Rely-on-OSI.html https://writing.kemitchell.com/2019/05/05/Rely-on-OSI.html
[1]: https://writing.kemitchell.com/2021/03/18/You-Can-Still-Use-the-Software https://writing.kemitchell.com/2021/03/18/You-Can-Still-Use-...
- benatkin 4y agoYes they do. They applied for a trademark and were unfairly denied one. Why does Apple get a trademark on Apple? Trademark or no, enough people were on-board with the OSI and OSD at the time it became a well known and established term that we have a claim to it. touch .well-known/open-source
- derekperkins 4y agoYour argument is that they own it despite courts denying it?
- benatkin 4y agoYes - "Trademark or no" Also the institution has proven to be stronger than one individual. https://www.theregister.com/2020/01/03/osi_cofounder_resigns/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/01/03/osi_cofounder_resigns...?
- smw 4y agoWho cares about the trademark? The tech community has a meaning for the term. Everyone has understood what it meant for decades. Why would you try to deliberately take away the meaning? Language is useful.