OSD#5 needs a patch?

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Chuck Swiger (chuck at codefab.com):

[Ian Lance Taylor:]

> >I believe that a license can be OSD-compliant without being 
> >OSI-approved.
> 
> Interesting.  Is this because you believe that the OSD is incomplete 
> and that it should disallow more licenses, or is this because you 
> believe that OSI approval should not be the same as "OSD compliant"?

It's a simple statement of fact, Chuck.  Think process:  E.g., I write a
licence with careful attention to the principles of open source.  Et
voila!  It's OSD-compliant.  But the OSI Board haven't even yet seen it,
and therefore it's not OSI-approved, and software using it cannot
lawfully bear the related service mark.  If I never submit it for
review, that situation persists.

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