Re: Response to criticisms [LWN.net]

Re: Response to criticisms

Posted Oct 26, 2024 14:39 UTC (Sat) by IanKelling (subscriber, #89418)
In reply to: Re: Response to criticisms by mirabilos
Parent article: OSI readies controversial Open AI definition

A discussion forum opened many months after they already published a draft definition. For a long time, it was just a web comment system requiring proprietary javascript, which is still there. And yes, I made sure OSI knew from the beginning that they published a draft definition which suggested only one way to comment publicly, which excluded people who strongly believed in principles which were part of the definition.

The CMU statement which calls it a "participatory co-design process" which was "inclusive" makes me roll my eyes. It was drafted privately by the OSI board in some undisclosed way.

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Re: Response to criticisms

Posted Oct 28, 2024 7:23 UTC (Mon) by WolfWings (subscriber, #56790) [Link] (1 responses)

...proprietary javascript? Sorry but how does that even occur? It's plain text, downloaded to your browser, at worst a little obfuscated and often minified but still readable generally with basic filters.

Or do you just mean it required javascript enabled at all to function and post comments?

Re: Response to criticisms

Posted Oct 28, 2024 7:45 UTC (Mon) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

It's code that you have no permission to modify or redistribute, which is the generally accepted definition of proprietary software.