[Humour] Dropping the Call on Software Freedom

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2020-06-11 21:09:32 UTC
Modified: 2020-06-11 21:09:32 UTC

Openwasing is just proprietary software + clever marketing

No This Is The Dark Side: Hello? Free Software? Wrong number! This is OSI!

Summary: OSI cofounders said they had sought to bring Free/libre software to a broader audience/reach; but both have since then pointed out that OSI lost its way and as of this year they have nothing to do with OSI anymore; the choice of the new President is self-explanatory in a sense (coming from the company that fought to defame and oust Richard Stallman from his own organisation! It's also helping Donald Trump's racist agenda, providing lots of help to ICE internment camps, so tolerance clearly wasn't the goal but a lousy faÃÂ§ade)

The OSI's President in Microsoft (LinkedIn)
The OSI's President comes from Google and Salesforce, two companies that oppose Free/libre (copyleft) software. Source: From his very own Microsoft (LinkedIn) profile.

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