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   Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 06:18:28 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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   • Open Source Initiative :osi:
   • Bradley M. Kuhn

   @bkuhn They really don't, some organizations where very quick to attack individuals for their opinions entirely unrelated to #FreeSoftware / #OpenSource, organizations that are entirely silent now when the @osi is renegading on its promises to its members.

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     Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 06:18:29 JST Bradley M. Kuhn

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     These Affiliate organizations face a larger political challenge in signing a petition than individuals do.
     Typically, they have an internal process that needs to both prioritize an issue like this (& many may only vaguely care about #OpenSource Initiative at all). Then, the org must go through an approval process internally to sign.

     Since these orgs often have their own members, donors, fans, & otherwise must interact with the #FOSS public, you can help that process along by contacting them

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     Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 06:18:30 JST Bradley M. Kuhn

     If you are involved in any way (volunteer, donor, employee, leader, fan) of any of these #OSI Affiliate organizations…
     https://opensource.org/affiliates
     …please urge that organization to sign the petition to demand #OpenSource Initiative release the results of their recent election …
     https://codeberg.org/OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025

     Please help with this even if you've already signed the petition individually. Since the Affiliates are a specific district of voters, the petition is substantially stronger if more Affiliates sign!

     Alfred M. Szmidt repeated this.