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Open source has yet to learn it pays to advertise

Open source is making people money. It's helping people build brands organically. But even organic processes need a little fertilizer. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Mulesource, Michael Tiemann, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-17

Bruce is back, does OSI still want him?

Open Source Initiative co-founder Bruce Perens wants back on the board. Perens, who quit OSI in 1999 to concentrate on free software, has launched a petition drive to win his way back in. Perens says vendors are over-represented on the board, which is headed...

Tags: OSI, Bruce Perens, Bruce, Michael Tiemann, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-20

OSI avoids open source war

Let us now praise Michael Tiemann. (Right, by Joi Ito.)When I wrote about open source CRM recently, I had no idea I was opening a Pandora's Box of controversy, which Tiemann proceeded to open on his blog.For a while I was afraid we were about to have a war over...

Tags: Strategy, Software Licensing, Red Hat, management, Legal, General

Blog posts 2007-07-27

OSI to defend open source definition aggressively

My recent story on open source CRM drew few public comments, but today it drew something more important, the attention of OSI President Michael Tiemann of RedHat. (Photo by Joi Ito.)In a piece published at the group's own blog, he asserts that none of the companies I mentioned are in fact...

Tags: Strategy, Standards, Software Licensing, Legal, General, business models, Applications

Blog posts 2007-06-21

A hacker by any other name would code as sweet

Red Hat vice president Michael Tiemann's line that "volunteer hackers" still drive open source continues spinning around the news-osphere, over two weeks after it was said. His point is one I agree with. Volunteers are crucial to growing open source projects. They help drive companies down what I...

Tags: open source, hacker, Michael Tiemann

Blog posts 2006-09-14

Microsoft to forge relationship with Open Source Initiative?

eWeek has a report that quotes Open Source Initiative acting president Michael Tiemann as saying "Microsoft reached out to me as president of the OSI and they basically said they wanted to begin a productive conversation, and we agreed to take that at face value." Later the report...

Tags: open source, OSI

Blog posts 2005-06-03

Tiemann talks on serving two masters (Red Hat and the OSI)

In case you missed the news, amidst a bit of controversy, the Open Source Initiative OSI is now on its third president in as many months. The organization, which must maintain its relevance while the political landscape within the open source community is in flux, can ill afford the...

Tags: open source, Open Source Initiative

Blog posts 2005-03-04

War of the tech exec bloggers Round 1: Red Hat's Tiemann vs. Sun's Schwartz

In an entry that takes blog-based industry rhetoric to a new level, Michael Tiemann, Red Hat's VP of open-source affairs, used his blog to castigate Sun's Jonathan Schwartz for not open sourcing Java -- and for being an open source hypocrite. Tiemann poses several rhetorical questions, including: "Would you create a...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Jonathan Schwartz

Blog posts 2004-09-27

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Countdown to Philly ETE 2009

The Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise 2009 conference starts Thursday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I'll be attending the conference this year, and speaking at a session on Android development. Keynote speakers include: Michael Tiemann, Vice President of Open Source Affairs at Red Hat and...

Tags: Author, Ed Burnette, Co-author, Open Source

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Europe gets its own GPL

Europe now has its own version of the GPL. It's got copyleft, but it lacks the extra language found in GPLv3 meant to enforce that concept. The European Union Public License is an effort by EU government services to codify a Euro-centric view of copyleft,...

Tags: GPL, OSI, License, European Union Public License, EUPL, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-20

Is everything open source?

To see just how big a buzzword open source has become, look to the troubled bond insurers MBIA and AMBAC. These two companies started off insuring municipal bonds against default, then got in trouble with the complex mortgage instruments known as the Big Shitpile. ...

Tags: Bond, MBIA, Investment, Open Source, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-21

For 2008 media will create Red Hat-Ubuntu war

Here's an easy prediction to make. In 2008 the media will gin up a "war" between Red Hat and Ubuntu for "control" of Linux. It's already started. The latest distribution of Red Hat Fedora, Fedora 8, is called "an assault" on Ubuntu at MadPenguin. If...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-31

Open source is apolitical

This week a number of thinkers tried to pigeonhole open source inside political philosophy.Thankfully they all failed. (The plane? Read on and it will be explained.)Turning open source into a political issue is worse than turning science into one, although I know people do it. People do lots of stupid things.Open...

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-08-24

How much do open source license terms matter?

A lot of time is spent here on the differences among open source licenses.Where you stand on the open source incline, whether it's near the top with a Microsoft license, at the bottom with the GPL, or somewhere in the middle with a BSD license, is supposed to matter.But, almost...

Tags: License, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-08-23

Will Microsoft fit into OSI compromise?

The last time I wrote about the OSI it was to praise the "peace deal" it made on the licensing front.The question today is, can Microsoft fit inside that deal?At the same OSCON conference where OSI approved its first "attribution" license, Microsoft "good cop" Bill Hilf left said last week...

Tags: Strategy, Software Licensing, Red Hat, Microsoft, Legal, General, Events

Blog posts 2007-07-31

Does open source need a trademark?

Does open source need a trademark?I wonder...Trademarks are tricky. You don't have to go thru formal trademark process to 'own' a trademark. As long as you use the "TM" and can show first use, you are covered by common law protection. Of course, once you are in court, things can...

Tags: open source, Mercedes

Discussion threads 2007-06-26

Little red hens of open source CRM

When we last left our story, Michael Tiemann of the OSI had decided to police the term "open source" and write some CRM companies out. (Picture from Amazon.com.)There comes now another e-mail, this time from the folks at Centric CRM. They have gotten wind of the controversy and want to...

Tags: Applications, BSD, Database Management, Development, General, GPL, middleware, Software Licensing, Strategy

Blog posts 2007-06-23

It's not open source until the OSI says so

The Open Source Initiative is cracking down on the loosey goosey way the term "open source" is being thrown around. Triggered in part by this Dana Blankenhorn post OSI president Michael Tiemann outlines why the OSI needs to crack down on abusive use of the term open source. In other...

Tags: General, Linux, Open Source, Software Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-06-21

Open source vs. traditional enterprise software, part II

Matt Assay responded to the Enterprise Irregulars postings, which I summarized here, on the question of whether open source will crush, extinquish, vanquish traditional, proprietary enterprise software. Matt is vice president of business development for Alfresco open source content management and founder and program director for the Open Source Business...

Tags: Matt Assay, open source

Blog posts 2006-08-08

Patent reform bill may raise questions for agencies using open source

Government agencies relying on open source software may be particularly interested in patent reform legislation introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith. While the bill largely satisfies the needs of the pharmaceutical industry, it does make a number of changes to software, as well. And...

Tags: patent

Blog posts 2005-09-13