On 5/31/17, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@lkcl.net wrote:
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:19 PM, John Luke Gibson eaterjolly@gmail.com wrote:
Then, it truly truly dawned on me, free software needs standards organizations as well.
or something like that.. yeah.
It would a great opportunity for projects like blender and gimp, that a company could use a certification mark that basically says "they contributed; there were no gpl violations; they made themselves available on mailing lists; they didn't bumble around with the software instead of asking for help; they were transparent with the public about anything we would find ethically-questionable;" etcetera etcetera. That mark would like include a QR code which people could check the status and make sure a physically printed mark hasn't been revoked after printing. And, their could be regular transparent royalty/inspection fee for as long as the company wants that mark to have an active status.
It's brilliant!