http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-canvas-complaint-5-comes-from-open-source-software-fans/
"The OSC is a small body, with 23 members from small development and
consultancy firms, and it’s objection is largely philosophical - that
Canvas isn’t “open” in the same way Unix and Linux lovers regard “open”."
http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/downloads/project_canvas/project_canvas_consultation_response.pdf
"Accordingly, Project Canvas should all the application programme
interfaces (“API”s) and use and publish unencumbered open standards so
as to enable anyone to provide “Project Canvas ready” client solutions
on any platform."
Personally, I believe the BBC is breaking the Law, and have complained
to the OFT (twice) and the BBC (twice) via their web form which has on
both occasions lost my complaint.
Bizarrely, the OFT does not consider my complaint important enough to
pursue, when it has international and nation implications.
To quote the OSC.
http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/downloads/project_canvas/project_canvas_consultation_response.pdf
"Project Canvas in its current form is going to lead to the BBC having
unprecedented influence in the market for computer hardware and software."
It would appear complaints from the public are to be dismissed by 'The
Powers That Be'.
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