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posted by martyb on Tuesday March 10 2020, @11:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the quite-the-coc-up dept.

Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond:

Last week, Eric S Raymond (often known as ESR, author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, and co-founder of the Open Source Intiative) was banned from the Open Source Intiative[sic] (the "OSI").

Specifically, Raymond was banned from the mailing lists used to organize and communicate with the OSI.

For an organization to ban their founder from communicating with the group (such as via a mailing list) is a noteworthy move.

At a time when we have seen other founders (of multiple Free and Open Source related initiatives) pushed out of the organizations they founded (such as with Richard Stallman being compelled to resign from the Free Software Foundation, or the attempts to remove Linus Torvalds from the Linux Kernel – both of which happened within the last year) it seems worth taking a deeper look at what, specifically, is happening with the Open Source Initiative.

I don't wish to tell any of you what you should think about this significant move. As such I will simply provide as much of the relevant information as I can, show the timeline of events, and reach out to all involved parties for their points of view and comments.

The author provides links to — and quotations from — entries on the mailing list supporting this. There is also a conversation the author had with ESR. The full responses he received to his queries are posted, as well.


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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday March 11 2020, @03:38AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 11 2020, @03:38AM (#969471) Journal

    AKA "Emrace, Extend, Extinguish" accelerated by moles.

    I KNOW I'm paranoid, but I'm starting to think I'm nowhere near paranoid enough.

    I saw this happen in organizations with zero significance, power or otherwise. It's human nature. Now having said that, it's not going to take rocket science for a powerful outsider to exploit such an inclination for their own sinister purposes.

  • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Wednesday March 11 2020, @02:05PM (1 child)

    by PiMuNu (3823) on Wednesday March 11 2020, @02:05PM (#969615)

    > with zero significance

    The good old People's Liberation Front?

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday March 11 2020, @04:46PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 11 2020, @04:46PM (#969691) Journal
      More like a college geology club for an example with an official annual budget under $200. Near as I can guess, the people in question were looking for resume bullet points, and thought (correctly) that club office positions would be a low effort way to get that. Club activity went from 4-6 trips/activities per semester to one or two, barely enough to qualify the club for that massive school funding.