PressRelease (was: [GRASS5] grass && open source)

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 10:13:08AM -0400, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Bernhard Reiter writes:
>  > Yes, I've updated the press release to reflect the Free Software
>  > status of GRASS better as it was originally. 
>  > The OSI trademark is pretty new and time will tell if the abuse 
>  > of the term "Open Source" can be successfuly stopped this way. 
>  > As long as this has not been shown I prefer the term "Free Software"
>  > which has been in successful use for over ten years.
> 
> Microsoft loves it when you use an ambiguous term like free software.

That is your view.  In my view Microsoft profited a lot from
the failed marketing term open source in the past.
This is not the right list to debate this, as the arguments are known.

> NOT using the OSI Certified(tm) trademark is giving in to the forces
> that want to own everything.  

This is not the full story. There are other protection mechanisms,
like educating people about how to preserve their freedom regarding
software and give them the capability to decide for themselfs.
Nonetheless we probably will consider additionally 
using the "OSI Certified" trademark.

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