Who Is Behind "Shared Source" Misinformation Campaign? | Linux Today

Who Is Behind “Shared Source” Misinformation Campaign?

Written By
MT
Michael Tiemann
Nov 2, 2007

[ Thanks to Michael
Tiemann
for this link. ]

“Last night I received a google alert about a new blog posting
with a most misleading title. The title read ‘OSI Approves
Microsoft’s ‘Shared Software’ Licenses.’ This half-truth was paired
with another half-truth: that I was President of the Portland-based
Open Source Initiative. (The OSI is incorporated in
California.)

“This morning, I received another google alert from another blog
posting with exactly the same article, but from an entirely
different blog…”

Complete Story

MT

Michael Tiemann

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