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The "Open Usage Commons" launches

pabs — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 03:15:10 +0000

Conservancy replies:

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jul/09/org-proliferat...

The "Open Usage Commons" launches

scientes — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 23:08:49 +0000

I should be clear that the people that work at said company, and the company itsself are two very different things.

The "Open Usage Commons" launches

scientes — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 23:07:50 +0000

Looks about as open as the "Open" Handset Alliance.

Remember that "Free and Open" in tech is just like a nation-state that is a "Democratic Republic of the People".

Why are people still fooled by the most dangerous company in tech, with strong connections to the U.S. State Department, and a history of collusion with the NSA (which the founders summarily denied, and then better evidence came out revealing them as liars)?

The "Open Usage Commons" launches

IanKelling — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 16:09:40 +0000

> I'd really like to understand how the project itself could benefit from donating their trademarks to a third party

An answer is sitting right in the quoted text: supposedly, companies will be more likely to use the software and generally more people using the software is a benefit to the project.

The "Open Usage Commons" launches

danielthompson — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 10:15:08 +0000

I found it difficult to gain traction on what problem OUC actually solves and who benefits most from solving it.

As a result I found this comment in the FAQ rather interesting:

> Who it does impact are the companies that want to offer managed versions
> of these projects, or who have the project as part of their service and want
> to use the project brand to demonstrate quality/innovation/etc. Applying
> OSS principles and neutral ownership of the trademark means that these
> companies can invest in offering “Project as a Service” because it’s a
> guarantee that they can use that mark; it won’t be suddenly taken away on
> a whim after they’ve built up an offering around it.

I'd really like to understand how the project itself could benefit from donating their trademarks to a third party but I didn't find anything in the FAQ that addresses that.

The "Open Usage Commons" launches

pabs — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 06:00:58 +0000

IBM replies:

https://developer.ibm.com/components/istio/blogs/istio-go...