CNET News: Advocates Form Open-Source Trade Group

“A new trade group is on the horizon for open-source advocates
hoping to dispel myths about the software and drive its
adoption.

“Organizers of the Open Source And Industry Alliance (OSAIA)
dropped by the LinuxWorld conference on Tuesday, appealing to
attendees to join and contribute to the group, which is designed to
fight efforts by proprietary software makers to quash open-source
products.

“‘We really do believe that open source is a very important part
of the industry, now and in the future, that it is not
well-understood, that it is in need of protection and advocacy,’
said Ed Black, a Washington insider and CEO of the Computer and
Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which is helping to
start the group…”

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