#openwashing
"In order to overcome proprietary software boundaries, a group within the 3D-mapping community has launched a petition for unrestricted point cloud exchange." #openwashing as the real solution is to end those proprietary practices. https://www.geoweeknews.com/news/new-petition-pushes-for-open-point-cloud-formats
#microsoftTim keeps advertising and #openwashing #microsoft .NET and it's a sign of his ongoing allegiances http://techrights.org/2021/02/28/the-register-microsoft-pr/
iophk: what kind of signalling is the new hyphen in "open-source" versus "open source"?" The latter is sometimes #freesw whereas the former just #openwashing so read as #proprietarySoftware + false marketing
FOSS Patents: #OpenRAN is certain to increase standard-essential patent licensing costs: more SEPs, more SEP holders, more implementers, more injunctions ⚓ http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/09/openran-is-certain-to-increase-standard.html ䷉ #fosspatents on #openwashing cartels
#LinuxFoundation : #Openwashing malicious things, including #surveillance , using the #Linux (TM) brand
When corporations say "Open Source" they don't mean what the communities may think they mean. To them, it's all just farming volunteers' time. #ProprietarySoftware with #openwashing and posturing of "for the people..."
There are positives in today’s announcement about new #OSI leadership (or full-time member of staff), but time will tell if promise turns into concrete results • TɘↄHᴙigHTꙅ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/08/stefano-maffulli-statement/ ䷉ #Techrights #OpenSource #Openwashing #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/08/stefano-maffulli-statement/
#IBM #Openwashing : Not All Of The IBM #POWER10 #Firmware Is Currently Open-Source https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=IBM-POWER10-Not-All-Open-FW
"Modernizing Our Mission Statement" = #Openwashing = we shill #proprietarySoftware like #microsoft #github and call that "Open Source" https://opensource.org/newsletter/Summer%202021%20Newsletter
Swapnil's site #openwashing #microsoft #proprietarySoftware again. Sigh. This is #linuxfoundation ... total sellout, increasingly a FOE of Linux.
In parallel to the fight for #freesw or #softwareFreedom we should also combat the #wwww oligarchies/oligopolies, either by working to replace parts of the WWW or decentralising the network; power consolidation is achieved not only by #ProprietarySoftware (today's WWW is #openwashing and DRM with patents on top)
#apple #openwashing ? Who is Apple trying to impress/fool this time around? https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/09/02/apple-investigating-risc-v-processor-architecture-job-listing-shows
