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BSA Wants EU Open Standard Policy Reconsidered

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-of-course-they-do dept.

XeRXeS-TCN writes "Benoît Müller of the BSA has written an open letter to the EU, criticising their focus on open standards for interoperability, as this would exclude things like DHCP, 802.1X and GSM. He also says that framework "shouldn't imply a link between open source and open standards"."

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  1. eNough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    eEurope? eGovernment? The 90's called, they want their e's back.

    1. Re:eNough by 0x461FAB0BD7D2 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Apparently about 25million have returned an 'e', thanks to Firefox.

  2. Let me expand on this by NigelJohnstone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Suppose:

    EU decides that European citizens can sue Software companies for bad software and publishes that law in some proprietary Microsoft format.

    Microsoft EULA for the program to read that document says users accept they can only sue MS for a maximum of $10 damages.

    By publishing in that proprietary format they have let a company tack on a rider onto that law.

  3. Re:DHCP is not open? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think the problem is that the person who wrote the letter is a crack smoking tool who wouldn't know one end of an RFC from the other. Remember that the BSA is relying on the likes of Microsoft to provide technical information, and we all know how successful they are when it comes to understanding RFC's.

  4. Re:DHCP is not open? by Zocalo · · Score: 3, Funny
    Anyone have a link to the BSA's letter itself?

    I've not found one yet, although that it would clarify what specific issues might be is somewhat remote I think. Either it's not been posted anywhere yet because it's the weekend or this "Open Letter" is "open" in the same sense that Microsoft's shared source is "open". They don't understand the concept of open source code, so why should we expect them to understand the concept of an open letter? ;)

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    Whatever would we do without the BSA?

  6. Ironic... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..that they would post an Open letter criticising open standards and open source.

  7. Definitions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    BSE: Creates mad cow in cattle which causes sickness in humans.

    BSA: Creates cash cows in Microsoft which causes sickness in humans.

    Coincidence? I think not!

    1. Re:Definitions by Mister+Transistor · · Score: 2, Funny

      It would have been funnier if you had said:

      BSA: Creates cash cows in Seattle which causes sickness in humans.

      See, it rhymes...

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