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

Brent Turner turnerbrentm at gmail.com
Wed May 20 16:08:14 UTC 2015


My understanding is GPLv3 is the CAVO preference from OSI standards..

If this is correct then perhaps others here should apprise LAFCO so as to
clarify the best direction for SF

Those attempting to insert confusion via non open source " sound-alike "
code/ licenses should be anticipated.


On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Patrick Masson <masson at opensource.org>
wrote:

>
> On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 08:15 -0700, Brian J. Fox wrote:
>
> 1. Absolutely he meant “carrying an”
>
> :-)
>
> 2. If we are dedicated to the GPLv3 we should be explicit about it, and
> not allow any OSI license — OR we should allow any OSI license on or before
> date TODAY if we are comfortable with that.
>
> I'll leave the discussions as to which open source license CAVO prefers to
> CAVO. My point was only to ensure that the scope of open source software
> licenses was understood. In addition, it is important to note the OSI's
> historical role and interests around both copy left and permissive
> licenses. We obviously have an interest in promoting this broader
> perspective.
>
>
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