OSD#5 needs a patch?

Lawrence E. Rosen lrosen at rosenlaw.com
Thu Oct 9 16:02:02 UTC 2003


Chuck Swiger wrote:
> In particular, I'd disagree 
> with the "field of endeavor" clause if it is to be applied to 
> exclude software 
> under a "free source but no-commercial-redistribution" 
> license from being 
> OSD-compliant.

Such licenses are not OSD-compliant.  They've been repeatedly rejected.

/Larry Rosen

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