[okfn-discuss] OSSD and Service Orientation

[Rufus Pollock]

2009/5/21 John Bywater <john.bywater at appropriatesoftware.net>:

[snip]

> From the POV of Service Orientation the question is very simple: what
> sort of service would require another service to be an open software
> service?
>
> If the answer is: a replica/derivative service, then we need 'strong' OSSD.
>
> I can't think of what a 'weak' OSSD would support, except curiosity. As
> software services are increasingly refactored into service dependencies,
> most of a service will be implemented within its dependencies. So 'weak'
> will over time tend to become 'almost entirely closed'.

Which is what I argued in the quoted section in my previous email --
and why I was in favour of the strong definition. At the time I got
the impression from people (e.g. Luis) that they weren't entirely
happy with this and since no-one spoke up either way the issue got
"deferred".