Questioning the Linux Foundation’s credentials
What do you get if you cross an open source development consortium with an organisation that promotes free standards? Answer: You get a Linux advocacy group. Or so it seems.
On the surface, the union of Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group (FSG) seems like a natural fit. Open standards and open source software are two great ideas that go well together.
But wouldn’t it make more sense to call the merged organisation the Open Source and Standards Lab, or the Free Software and Standards Group? Why did they have to go and call it the Linux Foundation?
On the one hand, it seems a shame that the group should narrow the scope of its activities to focus on a single project. On the other hand, Linux doesn’t define any open standards.
The Linux Foundation wants press. It wants the kind of positive buzz that can only come from brand loyalty. On that score, “open source” and “open standards” don’t pay the bills. “Linux” does.
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