Dear Luïs, I fully agree! How could we approach this for open source software?
(sorry for my late reaction, just returned from a longer holiday break ...) Dirk. On 23-03-17 09:30, Luís Moreira de Sousa wrote: > Dear all, > > In all countries of the OECD marketing practices are regulated in one > way or another. For instance, if I sell ear rings made out of lead I can > not claim they are made of silver. In some cases this sort of > distinction is not easy, as is the case with "open source" or "open". > > In the European Union various mechanisms have been put in place for > similar situations, such as the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) > [0] to label goods produced in specific regions (think of Port, > Champagne, Scotch) or the Traditional Specialities Guaranteed (TSG) [1] > to differentiate products crafted by traditional processes. > > So far, organisations like the OSGeo or the FSF have focused on > labelling projects that meet particular criteria in open source, but > have not - and can not - prevent others from misusing the concept. This > thread shows that this is a new path the community must trail. > > I believe we need a regulatory framework for "open source" labelling; > something like the EU regulation 1169/2011 [2] for organic farming. It > not only sets the criteria for farmers to label their products, as it > actively prevents others from falsely claiming to that criteria. > > Regards. > > [0] > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_indications_and_traditional_specialities_in_the_European_Union#Protected_designation_of_origin_.28PDO.29 > > [1] > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_indications_and_traditional_specialities_in_the_European_Union#Traditional_specialities_guaranteed_.28TSG.29 > > > [2] > https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/organic-farming/what-is-organic-farming/organic-certification_en > > -- > Luís Moreira de Sousa > Im Grund 6 > CH-8600 Dübendorf > Switzerland > > Phone: +41 (0)79 812 62 65 > Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > URL: https://sites.google.com/site/luismoreiradesousa > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Yours sincerely, ir. Dirk Frigne CEO @geosparc Geosparc n.v. Brugsesteenweg 587 B-9030 Ghent Tel: +32 9 236 60 18 GSM: +32 495 508 799 http://www.geomajas.org http://www.geosparc.com @DFrigne be.linkedin.com/in/frigne _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
