[CAVO] Link to SF - LAFCO open source voting draft

[Patrick Masson]

David, 

On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 07:53 -0700, David RR Webber (XML) wrote:
> Masson,
> 
> Excellent feedback.  Does the OSI have a reference white paper or web
> page resources on this we can reference?


Here is some general information in our FAQ:
http://opensource.org/faq#approved-licenses-only

Interestingly, as this appears to be increasing (i.e.
governments/agencies looking to adopt "open source software") we have
begun cataloging policies/laws that site the OSI and OSI Approved
Licenses as a determiner of software being open source or not. This is
here: http://opensource.org/authority

There are many more, but we have yet to capture them all. This is a
summer intern project :-)


> "Open source software; A term used to describe software caring and OSI
> Approved Open Source License."
> 
> I think there is a typo - this should be
> 
> "Open source software; A term used to describe software carrying an
> OSI Approved Open Source License."

Well we are a caring group, but yes that was a typo!

> David
> 
>         -------- Original Message --------
>         Subject: Re: [CAVO] Link to SF - LAFCO open source voting
>         draft
>         From: Patrick Masson <masson at opensource.org>
>         Date: Wed, May 20, 2015 10:29 am
>         To: CAVO <cavo at opensource.org>
>         
>         Brent,
>         
>         I was looking over the document you referenced and had a few
>         questions/concerns.
>         
>         Page one provides definitions including, "Open source: A term
>         signifying the source code would be publicly available." This
>         is an incomplete definition. It would be better to simply
>         state, "Open source software; A term used to describe software
>         caring and OSI Approved Open Source License." This definition
>         would ensure that all of the attributes of the Open Source
>         Definition, not just access to the code, are included in the
>         definition.  
>         
>         Page eight states, "Open source software is classified as a
>         GPL; hence all improved versions of the original software must
>         remain free, disallowing proprietary companies to adopt the
>         software, make changes, and sell it on their own terms." This
>         is not accurate. Open source software is software distributed
>         with an OSI Approved Open Source License, and includes
>         permissive licenses. Narrowly defining open source as only
>         software caring a GPL or copyleft license does not reflect the
>         open source software movement.
>         
>         Is there an opportunity to provide feedback? If so would
>         you/CAVO be able to introduce these? The OSI is constantly
>         challenged with the misuse of the term open source software
>         and we strive to ensure that only software caring an OSI
>         approved license uses the label. We see a lot of open washing
>         and fauxpen source out there. While this is obviously not the
>         case here, and it's clear folks are genuinely interested in
>         working with authentic open source projects, it would be best
>         to ensure constancy to avoid misunderstandings.
>         
>         Thanks,
>         Patrick 
>         
>         
>         On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 16:58 -0700, Brent Turner wrote: 
>         
>         > http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=52577
>         > 
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