Coming Soon, the Next Chapter About the Crisis of the Open Source Initiative (OSI)
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is only inclusive of people who think like the OSI's sponsors (notably Microsoft)
Earlier this month we began a series about the Open Source Initiative (OSI). In the last part we showed signs of the OSI growing increasingly nervous about people finding out who's really being served by today's OSI. As it stands, transparency is imperative. The OSI nonchalantly censors/libels critics [1, 2], so transparency must sometimes be imposed anonymously.
We're far from done, but we'd like to take short break before we cover the 'election' scandal. There's a lot to cover and to redact in order to protect people's identities, both sources and whistleblowers (who leak accurate information). More and more people are getting fed up. Some people lose track - or count - of the scandals. One source enumerated these as follows: 1. All time zones are very inconsistent. 2. Just another outspoken person being banned. 3. The bylaws state there are no members but yet there are about 600 as of 2021. 4. OSI still (as of yet) do not know how the list was available when it’s publicly available through the third-party vendor for voting Helios and it seems that OSI did not protect our information or do their due diligence.
We're going to have to write more about (1) and (2) above, but the time isn't right.
For those who missed prior parts, see the introductory part, part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, and part 8 (plus addenda [1, 2]).
In a nutshell, the introductory part explained the role of Microsoft, part 1 spoke about GPL violations of Microsoft (the OSI is OK with that), part 2 explained how this relates to us, part 3 clarified that the problem was bigger than the media likes to put it, part 4 spoke of the bylaws conundrum (today's OSI seemingly violates its very own charter), part 5 showed that the OSI was censoring criticism, part 6 alluded to election issues (it is rigged), part 7 talked about who really runs the OSI, part 8 said that the Open Source Definition probably doesn't even belong to the OSI, and along the way we showed that less than 3% of the OSI's money comes from members (actual people) and it's "leaking out" their details to the entire world.
Stay tuned for the next "Chapter". It'll be detailed and still protect sources. █