Fwd: Re: Updated license - please comment
Chuck Swiger
chuck at codefab.com
Sun Jun 22 19:38:25 UTC 2003
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Mark Rafn wrote:
> It may not be pertinent to the licensor's need. I very much hope it is
> pertinent to OSI's need to restrict use of it's service mark only to
> software which can be freely modified.
Does OSD #3 mean that "The license must allow [ALL] modifications and derived
works, ...", without any restrictions? If the OSD should be interpreted to
mandate that a compliant license may not forbid deliberately broken or malicious
redistributions, then my frank opinion is that the OSD should be changed.
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-Chuck
PS: Yes, I'm repeating myself, but this is an important point that deserves
clarification. Besides, I'm still waiting for the OSI board's response to the
ENRL. Circa 2003-5-29, Russell Nelson told me that the board was meeting to
review last month's proposed licenses, and that he would recommend against
approval, but I haven't heard anything since.
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