On 5/31/17, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:19 PM, John Luke Gibson <eaterjo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Then, it truly truly dawned on me, free software needs standards >> organizations as well. > > or something like that.. yeah.
It would a great opportunity for projects like blender and gimp, that a company could use a certification mark that basically says "they contributed; there were no gpl violations; they made themselves available on mailing lists; they didn't bumble around with the software instead of asking for help; they were transparent with the public about anything we would find ethically-questionable;" etcetera etcetera. That mark would like include a QR code which people could check the status and make sure a physically printed mark hasn't been revoked after printing. And, their could be regular transparent royalty/inspection fee for as long as the company wants that mark to have an active status. It's brilliant! _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
