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@osi time for the @ed to be held accountable for rigging elections. The whole board should step down. #FLOSS #FOSS #OSI #FSF #GNU #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
7 days, and still no tally.
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No, it's actually b/c I needed a place to campaign for the #OpenSource Initiative elections and & bloggjng to do it wasn't interactive enough.
I am not sure what I'll do with this account after the #OSI situation is addressed.
As you may recall, @zacchiro, in that conversation at #FOSDEM that you mention, I pointed out that I do think microblogging is addictive and often pushes people toward baser form of discourse.
I will write more about this after OSI stuff reaches safe background level.
The lack of outrage that the @osi rigging election is quite pathetic .. #FreeSoftware for the win, #OpenSource misses the point. #FLOSS #FOSS #OSI #FSF #GNU
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A new poll, "Was your vote for the 2025 board election included in the published results?" has been published:
OSI Discuss · Was your vote for the 2025 board election included in the published results?Votes for 3 candidates were not included, so my vote was not included. poll
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Community Commitment to Open Source Definition · Community Commitment to Open Source DefinitionA statement from the community in support of the Open Source Definition (OSD) version 1.9
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@troy_s I think you're overstating the situation re: #OpenSource Initiative..
I'm obviously familiar w/ #FSF's rhetoric: “OSI works against software freedom” — but, I don't agree w/ it.
My & @richardfontana 's electoral campaign was about #OSI needing reform, not revolution.
OSI has lost its way sometimes before too. Their Charter Plan circa 2008 is another example.…
https://opensource.org/charterplan-html
…but I disagree that or the current events proves “Open Source Misses the point” argument.
Open Source InitiativeHISTORICAL: Charter Membership Process for RatificationThis page is retained for historical purposes.It does not reflect a current OSI activity. Mission The 50 charter members have been mandated by the current OSI board to develop a…
UPDATE 3: New poll published - see reply to this post.
UPDATE 2: OSI closes this poll through tone policing, doubling down their insistence on voter disenfranchisement.
UPDATE: This poll has been "unlisted" by OSI staff. Do they not want to hear feedback from their members about the election?
Disenfranchisement poll from @iank for #OSI members: "Was your vote in the 2025 board election thrown away?"
https://discuss.opensource.org/t/poll-was-your-vote-in-the-2025-board-election-thrown-away/943
OSI Discuss · Poll: was your vote in the 2025 board election thrown awayHi @iank, Please, refrain from posting topics using this tone. We are open to a civil conversation. We don’t “throw” votes away, but as a voter it’s very reasonable for you to ask your candidates why they ran if they didn’t intend on joining the Board by signing the agreement and thus becoming ineligible. If you’re confused by the Scotish STV voting method, we are happy to clarify. We can’t tally for ineligible candidates, because you don’t just move on to the next person down the list. You h...
Not a lot of faith left with the GNU project.
Not a lot of faith left with the Linux Foundation.
Not a lot of faith left with the Open Source Initiative.
Just not a lot of faith left.
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I wish OSI's @ed would stop misstating the facts:
@richardfontana & I published signed docs showing we agreed to #OpenSource Initiative's Codes of Conduct…
https://ebb.org/docs/Kuhn-signed-board-agreement-OSI.pdf
…Maffulli purposely conflates entire Board Agreement with Codes of Conduct — so his upthread statement is false.
@richardfontana & I ran on a platform (in part) to reform just 19 words in the canonical Board Agreement…
https://codeberg.org/OSI-Reform-Platform/platform#item-3-remove-code-of-silence-from-board-member-agreement
We agreed to & abided by all 3 of #OSI''s Codes of Conduct.
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The #OSI 's one job is to protect and promote #OpenSource and the Open Source Definition (OSD). Undermining that definition with the weakened #OSAID has alienated much of the Open Source community, myself included.
I had hoped that might be turned around, but this year's reform candidates were likely the last chance to see that happen.
Watching the OSI promoting corporate sponsors was concerning, but this year's blatant election manipulation is the final straw.
When I started my journey in FOSS I came very much in on the Open Source side of the portmanteau.
I've moved over to the Free Software side. The organisations that represent our communities have let us down, badly.
As I said in mirror mirror:
"Some of us, who were attracted to FOSS for explicitly ethical, and political reasons appear to have misunderstood what the movement was about."
https://www.onepict.com/20250119-cobbles.html
With the recent #OSI election shenanigans, the fairy tale of FOSS is over.
www.onepict.comThe Cobbles:Mirror Mirror
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Today, having seen the #OSI election "results", in which several valid and accepted candidates were removed from the listings, and the full voting results suppressed, we have replaced references to the Open Source Definition with the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) on which they are based.
It saddens me to do this. I have been a long time supporter of OSI, and gone in to bat many times when companies have tried to pass themselves off as Open Source without an OSI approved license.
They say to never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence.
Unfortunately this year's @osi board elections go way beyond that point.
The current Executive Director is leading #OSI in a direction the community don't want to follow with #OSAID. By changing the rules as you go along in this year's election to exclude candidates who want to reform the OSI you have destroyed any remaining trust.
You shat the bed. It's time to change the sheets.
If you're a dues-paying Member of #OpenSource Initiative or represent an Affiliate of #OSI, please get in touch with me via:
* DM on fedi to this account
* email at bkuhn@ebb.org
* XMPP: bkuhn@sfconservancy.org,
* bkuhn on libera.chat IRC
* call/text my mobile number if you happen to have my number.
I would like to discuss what's happened with other concerned parties and make a plan on how we should organize to respond.
FLOSS.socialBradley M. Kuhn (@bkuhn@floss.social)Stefano Maffuli (ED of OSI),
Your argument supports #OpenSource Initiative's position on why @richardfontana@mastodon.social and I were not appointed. It DOES NOT explain why you tampered w/ ballots to remove our names & refuse to report what the electorate recommended.
@osi@opensource.org was always free to to ignore the electorate; we all know #OSI elections are advisory, not binding.
Your refusal to engage in public dialogue w/ your electorate also indicates OSI's abilities in consensus building may be lacking.
Cc @ed@opensource.org
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Voter suppression based upon incumbents' speculation about what a fully-eligible candidate may or may not do in the future, to satisfy a future requirement to which that candidate is not yet obligated ... sure is not a good look.
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Stefano Maffuli (ED of OSI),
Your argument supports #OpenSource Initiative's position on why @richardfontana and I were not appointed. It DOES NOT explain why you tampered w/ ballots to remove our names & refuse to report what the electorate recommended.
@osi was always free to to ignore the electorate; we all know #OSI elections are advisory, not binding.
Your refusal to engage in public dialogue w/ your electorate also indicates OSI's abilities in consensus building may be lacking.
Cc @ed
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@pchestek I see, I hadn't heard about that policy that there had to be a meeting before announcing the results. Thanks.
Since the past three years the results were announced on the website the next day with phrases like "the polls just closed, the results are in", it wasn't obvious to this outsider that there also were scheduled meetings happening in between.
(Especially since this year it's up to 4 days now instead of next day.)
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@pchestek I see, thanks for sharing that. It was confusing, because the tallies used to come right away. (Ostensibly for transparency purposes?)