12.31.21
Gemini version available ♊︎Why the Open Source Initiative Cannot be Saved (It’s Too Heavily Controlled by Monopolies)
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Summary: The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a floundering institution whose real budget is decreasing (Microsoft is just ‘laundering’ money through the OSI) and it doesn’t want people — especially paying members — to understand what’s really going on
COMMUNITIES can see that the Open Source Initiative (OSI) does not represent them. The OSI cannot be salvaged. Throwing money at “membership” won’t help either because members' contributions are only 4% of the budget. Most of the OSI’s spending is a redirection of Microsoft to Microsoft and the OSI’s Board of Directors is basically a bunch of “tech giants”, with the odd pair that is not (still a minority/small part of the whole).
“OSI isn’t pressured to rename itself; but we need to recognise that today’s OSI isn’t the same OSI we knew over a decade ago.”Techrights used to be an ally and a friend of OSI; heck, management figures from the OSI used to speak to us, send us material, and read us regularly. But today’s OSI is an entirely different institution, mostly riding the reputation of its past self (as the Southern Poverty Law Center does). We need to move on and focus on more legitimate institutions, not misleadingly named. Incidentally, the FSFE, which also tries to censor Techrights (but fails) is in violation of its agreement with the FSF and it needs to rename. OSI isn’t pressured to rename itself; but we need to recognise that today’s OSI isn’t the same OSI we knew over a decade ago. █
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