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David, <BR>
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On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 07:53 -0700, David RR Webber (XML) wrote:
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Masson,<BR>
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Excellent feedback. Does the OSI have a reference white paper or web page resources on this we can reference?<BR>
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Here is some general information in our FAQ: <A HREF="http://opensource.org/faq#approved-licenses-only">http://opensource.org/faq#approved-licenses-only</A><BR>
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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: <A HREF="http://opensource.org/authority">http://opensource.org/authority</A><BR>
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There are many more, but we have yet to capture them all. This is a summer intern project :-)<BR>
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"Open source software; A term used to describe software caring and OSI Approved Open Source License."<BR>
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I think there is a typo - this should be<BR>
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"Open source software; A term used to describe software carrying an OSI Approved Open Source License."<BR>
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Well we are a caring group, but yes that was a typo!<BR>
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Subject: Re: [CAVO] Link to SF - LAFCO open source voting draft<BR>
From: Patrick Masson <<A HREF="mailto:masson@opensource.org">masson@opensource.org</A>><BR>
Date: Wed, May 20, 2015 10:29 am<BR>
To: CAVO <<A HREF="mailto:cavo@opensource.org">cavo@opensource.org</A>><BR>
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Brent,<BR>
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I was looking over the document you referenced and had a few questions/concerns.<BR>
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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. <BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
Patrick <BR>
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On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 16:58 -0700, Brent Turner wrote: <BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=52577">http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=52577</A><BR>
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