Thanks to everyone for the input on my question regarding ACARA, NASA, and
Open Channel Software.
I spoke to John Kennedy, the president (of OCS :)) and as a result of our
conversation he decided to remove the phrase Open Source from the motto that
displays on the top of each page at their sit
> From: Matthew C. Weigel
> The Open Source Initiative owns the servicemark "OSI Approved Open
> Source Software," and that is all.
Not quite! The certification mark is "OSI Certified" and the goods are
"open source software." Thus the usage is:
OSI Certified Open Source Software
/Larry R
Chris Gray wrote:
>>You'll also see that Going To The Media (tm) was proposed and
rejected as a first approach: softly softly did it.
I'll give them a call this morning, cordially mention some of the points
made, and see what the reaction is.
-t
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, David Johnson wrote:
> On Friday 30 November 2001 03:31 pm, Tina Gasperson wrote:
> > ACARA (http://www.openchannelsoftware.com/projects/ACARA) is a program
> > originally developed by NASA. ACARA is now being handled by the Open
> > Channel Foundation (http://www.openchannel
On Tuesday 30 October 2001 08:52 pm, Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. wrote:
> the term or phrase "open source" is generic, and often used as
> a marketing phrase in much the same manner as "diet soda" is used. I
> cannot imagine what the legal basis would be to bring a fraud claim on
> the use the term "o
The question presented is actually a very good one in my opinion because
it calls out a subtle complexity with discussing open source and
understanding what is really meant by the various uses (and, possibly,
misuses) of the term. I think a programmer may freely identify their
software as "closed
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Tina Gasperson wrote:
> Does a license have to comply with the published requirements
> (http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.html) in order for the distributor
> or creator of the software to call it open source?
No. It is encouraged socially to 'help the end user' by
On Friday 30 November 2001 03:31 pm, Tina Gasperson wrote:
> ACARA (http://www.openchannelsoftware.com/projects/ACARA) is a program
> originally developed by NASA. ACARA is now being handled by the Open
> Channel Foundation (http://www.openchannelsoftware.com). ACARA's license
> terms
> (http://ww
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