[pp.int.general] [Slashdot] EU Wants To Redefine "Closed" As "Nearly Open"

[Patrick Mächler]

They are trying to change the discourse.
They euphemize the terms "closed software"/"proprietary software" by
dropping them (as they become pejorative) and putting software itself
into an "openness continuum".

Software vendors that have relied onto proprietary software business
models are now trying to rescue their position by agreeing on slight
changes, because their arguments in favour of their model have become
extremely weak due to the rising popularization of FOSS. Simply spoken
they try to subvert the term "open" step-by-step, so that they can
retain in a certain position. Nobody would be that stupid to start by
defining "proprietary software" as "partly open".
We have already seen an approach into that direction with OOXML.

Just do not underestimate the power of subversion.

-pat

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Nicolas Sahlqvist <nicco77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, good I was not able to post it to tratten then.. Now I should be able
> to.
>
> - Nicolas
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Eduardo Robles Elvira <edulix at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Nicolas Sahlqvist <nicco77 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > And it's not the 1st of April today so we can not just laugh at it why I
>> > CC
>> > it to tratten for feedback and action.
>> > The leaked version 2 can be found here:
>> >
>> > http://www.bigwobber.nl/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/European-Interoperability-Framework-for-European-Public-Services-draft.pdf
>> > However, except the few EU MEP on our side what can PP's do, some press
>> > releases may help.
>> >
>> > - Nicolas
>> >   PPI / PPSE member
>>
>> Uhm it seems that it's not as bad as they make look like it in
>> slashdot, see comment
>> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1428432&cid=29959614
>>
>> False alarm?
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