On 11/16/2015 03:11 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 12:25:38PM -0800, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I wrote a blog post with content that *some* will find quite >> interesting but is largely a nuanced, apologetic commentary addended >> to what is really a short and simple news announcement: >> >> https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/blog/osi-partnership >> >> I'd like to give a day or so for immediate feedback and chance to >> edit before promoting this widely. >> > > It looks, and sounds, great! > > I think you may want to throw a bone to people who are *not* familiar > with the politics in software, particularly those who may know or > understand the beef that the FSF has historically had with the OSI. > > I would suggest adding a some words before, "Having become sensitized > to the "free" vs "open" debate," in which you spell out that certain > individuals associated the OSI with the "Open Source" movement. That > may sound obvious, but trust me, it isn't (even to me). Currently, one > has to closely read between the lines to understand the purpose of > your apologetics. > > I honestly don't know the issues well enough to even suggest what to > write there. But for starters, you could move the bit "The OSI was > indeed founded with an explicit mission...." up a lot higher.
Yes indeed, although for clarity here the challenge I was trying to handle was to avoid being excessively redundant to the existing free-libre-open article that I link to, since it introduces these things… I wasn't sure how to tie that in appropriately and succinctly, that was the main issue with the post and the way it doesn't introduce things clearly enough. Anyway, I edited to put the link at the top as more of a prerequisite. See what you think now. > > Further notes: > > 1. "so strictly that they "free software"" > > --> "so strictly that they use "free software"" (missing word) > > 2. "without substantial without explanation" (extra word) > > Fixed those typoes. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Aaron Wolf Snowdrift.coop <https://snowdrift.coop> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/discuss
