Open Source, gescheiterter Marketingbegriff


The Open Source Initiative is a marketing program for free software. It's a pitch for "free software" on solid pragmatic grounds rather than ideological tub-thumping. The winning substance has not changed, the losing attitude and symbolism have.
www.opensource.org/advocacy/faq.html

OSI (1998) -> Markenschutz nicht erlangbar
2002 -> Neue Marke "OSI Certified"

Bruce Perens (1999): Wieder von Freiheit sprechen.

"Was nützen offene Quellen ohne Freiheit?"