Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 09:14:27 -0700 From: Linh Pham <question+advocacy@closedsrc.org> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: OSDL and their stance on BSD Message-ID: <20030424161427.GA80375@q.closedsrc.org>
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--+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable After hearing the name, Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), come up a couple of times, I decided to check them out to see who they are and what they are doing to help out the general Open Source community (including BSD). Well, according to the front page of their website [http://www.osdl.org]: OSDL is dedicated to providing Open Source developers with resources and guidance to build data center and carrier grade enhancements into Linux and its Open Source software stack, enabling it to become the leading UNIX-like Operating System for e-Business deployment and development. Okay, so it looks like they not only provide some "resources" to further Linux and "it's" Open Source software for enterprise networks. They have no mention of BSD or anything, until you hit the FAQ [http://www.osdl.org/faq.html]. One of their FAQ directly talks about BSD: Why don't you work on BSD? For a variety of reasons, Linux has achieved far broader acceptance in the marketplace and is the open source operating system that has the greatest potential for acceptance in the enterprise.=20 So it seems that an "Open Source" group is working on improving "Open Source" software only to further Linux and not other Open Source operating systems like FreeBSD. At this point, I decided to send an e-mail to info@osdl.org. Instead of dumping the entire thread into this message, I have a cleaned up version of the thread available at: http://closedsrc.org/~question/osdl-msg The thread consists of several replies from Timothy Witham, the Lab Director of OSDL and replies that I sent back. It seems that Timothy's view is that if BSD wants the same resources and the same type of backing, it needs to do it themselves, even though there is an "Open Source Development Lab" that, one would think, should encompass as many Open Source platforms as possible. To me, it seems that it's another group using the "Open Source" mark to garner the attention of the media and companies, yet only provide assistance in building up Open Source software only for Linux. What do you guys think and what action should we take? --=20 Linh Pham question+advocacy@closedsrc.org Webmaster and FreeBSD Geek http://closedsrc.org Apprentice Manager Editor and Writer http://www.daemonnews.org Courage: The things I do for love | And So Western Civilization Crumbles --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+qA1jwhofDeWkDMIRAhXcAJsEW6Fu98TLWFzLWQtuPaFGLetFxACeKsae OgZ6qJFzAJxrOf6q/AfP+ac= =GwfC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI--
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