commit: fed59d2119e4ebcfa0448543f3c0160e0ebcf09d
parent 6753bbd79a90264b5d89451f982c25c161283456
Author: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 21:30:13 +0100
Update OSI post
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diff --git a/content/blog/Open-source-is-defined-by-the-OSD.gmi b/content/blog/Open-source-is-defined-by-the-OSD.gmi
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-Today, I submitted my candidacy for the board of the Open Source Initiative, where I hope to embody and expand upon the values expressed in this post. I plan to use this role to focus on the preservation of the fundamental values of open source, as well as using the OSI as a platform to expand open source literacy among both individual contributors and organizations involved in open source. If you have any questions about my platform, I would be happy to discuss them over email, either in private or in public. You can learn about the election and how to vote here:
-
-=> https://opensource.org/board/individual-election How the election of Individual director works
-=> mailto:sir@cmpwn.com Email me privately
-=> mailto:~sircmpwn/public-inbox@lists.sr.ht Email my public mailing list
-
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-
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) publishes a document called the Open Source Definition (OSD), which defines the term “open source”. However, there is a small minority of viewpoints within the software community which wishes that this were not so. The most concerning among them are those who wish open source was more commercially favorable to themselves, and themselves alone, such as companies like Elastic.
=> https://opensource.org The Open Source Initiative
diff --git a/content/blog/Open-source-is-defined-by-the-OSD.md b/content/blog/Open-source-is-defined-by-the-OSD.md
@@ -4,21 +4,6 @@ date: 2022-03-01
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-Today, I submitted my candidacy for the board of the Open Source Initiative,
-where I hope to embody and expand upon the values expressed in this post. I plan
-to use this role to focus on the preservation of the fundamental values of open
-source, as well as using the OSI as a platform to expand open source literacy
-among both individual contributors and organizations involved in open source. If
-you have any questions about my platform, I would be happy to discuss them over
-email, either [in private] or [in public]. You can learn about the election and
-how to vote [here][election].
-
-[in private]: mailto:sir@cmpwn.com
-[in public]: mailto:~sircmpwn/public-inbox@lists.sr.ht
-[election]: https://opensource.org/board/individual-election
-
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The [Open Source Initiative] (OSI) publishes a document called the [Open Source
Definition] (OSD), which defines the term "open source". However, there is a
small minority of viewpoints within the software community which wishes that
@@ -143,3 +128,7 @@ as much right to success as the open source movement, but you need to earn that
success independently of the open source movement. Perhaps someday your
alternative model will supplant open source! I wish you the best of luck in this
endeavour.
+
+*A previous version of this blog post announced that I had submitted my
+candidacy for the OSI board. Due to unforseen circumstances, I will be
+postponing my candidacy until the next election. I apologise for the confusion.*
