OSI President Steps Aside
News Raymond, one of the most visible and influential members of the open source community, will continue to do outreach and "ambassadorial" work for the OSI, the organisation that certifies open source licences.
[February 2, 2005, 12:55]
Raymond Attacks Microsoft Over OOXML Fiasco
News Eric S Raymond, a founding member of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), labelled Microsoft's behaviour in pushing Office Open XML (OOXML) for fast track ISO certification as "egregious", and said that he was almost ready to recommend that Microsoft...
[September 3, 2007, 15:53]
OSI Mulls Changes To Definition Of Open Source
News Nelson, who took the OSI helm from co-founder Eric Raymond in February, proposed adding three new requirements to that definition. The OSI is the organisation that grants official open source status to licenses that meet its 10-point open source...
[March 3, 2005, 8:05]
OSI Leadership Changes Again
News Nelson was named OSI president on 1 February, taking over from co-founder Eric Raymond. Michael Tiemann, vice-president of open source affairs at Linux seller Red Hat and an OSI board member, has taken over from Russell Nelson as president pro tem...
[March 7, 2005, 10:50]
OSI Outlines Licence Cull Plans
News OSI is institutionalising itself," making a transition to avoid pitfalls that afflict many organisations that can't survive the loss of founders' charisma or skills, group founder Eric Raymond said. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has begun an...
[April 7, 2005, 9:20]
Sun Submits Software Licence To Open Source Initiative
News Open Source Initiative president Eric Raymond declined to comment yet on whether the licence meets those criteria. This proliferation of open-source licences is a problem, said Larry Rosen, an intellectual-property attorney who has advised OSI and...
[December 3, 2004, 7:45]
HP Hires Linux Luminary
News He and fellow advocate Eric Raymond were cofounders of the Open Source Initiative, an effort to convince the world at large of the benefits of sharing source code. However, Raymond and Perens went separate ways in 1999.
[December 5, 2000, 14:26]
Open-source Guru Claims Proof Of MS-SCO Link
News OSI president Eric Raymond, a prominent figure in open-source circles, who posted and annotated the memo, said it was a "smoking gun" proving Microsoft's backing of SCO. It was published on Wednesday on the Web site of the Open Source Initiative...
[March 4, 2004, 16:30]
Intellectual Property Battles Will Wound Linux
News Many, including the Open Source Initiative's Eric Raymond, have suggested that SCO's claims are a farce. Now you know why Red Hat, Novell, the OSI, and others have their hackles raised. As the battle escalates with SCO upping the ante -- seeking...
[June 18, 2003, 16:05]
