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Re: [h2o-discuss] low profile
Manuel Gutierrez Algaba wrote:
>Yes, for a time I've been watching Raymond, and I definetely
think
>he's a kind of playboy of "Open Software" ( whatever it
means).
>Raymond is unable to any major work, so he has to do his
best
>in being a braggart.
I don't see how your value judgement about Eric Raymond's pretenstion is
applicable here. He's worked on many software projects, and all power to him to
work on open-source evangelism.
Eric Raymond is a pricipal of opensource.org. h2o is the principal behind
opencode.org. Both promote open stuff. I was curious to find out, what does one
say about the other?
h2o presents a vision document prominently on their website:
"The Power of Openness."
http://opencode.org/h2o/ . It's a proposed
agenda from March 1999 contributed by David Bollier. In section III.A.1.p2 he
writes:
The work of open code opinion-leaders would be enhanced if they
had more opportunities to meet, converse informally, plan strategically,
develop personal relationships, cultivate new institutional collaborations,
organize to address common goals, and communicate them with larger
constituencies and the general public.
where Raymond has already been suggested as a "opinion-leader" of
open-code.
I suppose that h2o has already started to implement
this vision. Perhaps they sent out an invitation to Raymond to come aboard, and
he interpreted their motives as a "non-software" effort, and thus is
dismissing the h2o work in such way.
Good question. The only thing I should add is that
sponsors of discussion group forums ought to make it very clear as to how the IP
rights are handled... and perhaps the h2o forum can assign a task force to
develop to develop these for forum owners.
List-universe.com is a self-proclaimed "Email List
Owner and Ezine Publisher Resource Network" which Onelist.com offers as a
reference. I browsed their site for mentions of copyright; very little is
offered. From their "List Moderator's FAQ" (http://List-Moderators.com/faq/ --
obviously!) :
6. What are the basic copyright regulations for postings and
lists?
Fair use law allows you to use small bits of copyrighted material as
long as proper credit is given. In most cases, it's just best to ask
the original author for written permission to reprint their
works.
While this site is helpful, it does have the
look&feel of a reference for the "home-office market" (garish
colors, focus on advertising, etc.) I would like to see h2o drive something
similar for the academic (and academic-minded) market.
Jon