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... ... @@ -52,3 +52,34 @@ 52 52 actively dilute the meaning of "open" and "open source" by trying to 53 53 associate their software with it, and attacking the legitimacy of the 54 54 Open Source Definition and the OSI as its guardian. 55 + 56 +The old binary distinction (proprietary vs. F/OSS) is no longer enough. 57 +Licenses are still very much necessary, but no longer sufficient. We 58 +need a richer taxonomy to describe what's out there in 2021, and inform 59 +potential users of their exact rights and benefits. Beyond the license 60 +the code is released under, *how* the software is produced actually 61 +matters. Open source that is closed to contributions, or under a 62 +copyright license agreement, is very different from openly-developed, 63 +openly-governed open source. 64 +\\I have been advocating for going beyond licenses for a while[4]. I now 65 +think the OSI is the best place to drive that fight for the future of 66 +open source. If elected, I'll to bring my experience of Open Source 67 +project management and governance, as well as my experience of Open 68 +Source Foundation boards, to the OSI. I intend to drive the discussion 69 +on evolving the OSI scope to go beyond open source licenses and into 70 +taking a more active role at classifying the various types of open 71 +source, highlighting the benefits of each. 72 +\\[4] [[https:~~/~~/opensource.org/node/1006>>url:https://opensource.org/node/1006]] 73 +\\More about me 74 +~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- 75 +\\* 'Open Source in 2019', an OSI guest post with a call to action to 76 +build the next decade of open source: [[https:~~/~~/opensource.org/node/1006>>url:https://opensource.org/node/1006]] 77 +\\* 'Restoring the spirit of Open source', a presentation at State of the 78 +Source 2020: [[https:~~/~~/www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV1FmWzAOY4>>url:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV1FmWzAOY4]] 79 +\\* 'Why open infrastructure matters', a main track presentation at FOSDEM 80 +2020: [[https:~~/~~/www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg1cC1o7yIo>>url:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg1cC1o7yIo]] 81 +\\* Personal blog: [[https:~~/~~/ttx.re>>url:https://ttx.re]] 82 +\\* Twitter: @tcarrez 83 + 84 + 85 +