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Old 03-18-2008, 08:15 PM   #1
jens
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Bruce Perens asks for help (OSI Executive Board election).


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The Open Source Initiative, the organization that certifies Open Source software licenses, is holding an executive board election soon. I am standing for election. The board is self-electing, and I'm told I don't have a chance unless I can show community support for my candidacy. Can you sign below to help me?
http://techp.org/p/7/

Since the OSI is getting more and more controlled by corporate minded people, I think he'll make a good counterweight on their board.

OSI: http://opensource.org/
Bruce Perens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Perens

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