Why "open-source" means "free to distribute"?

Lawrence Rosen lrosen at rosenlaw.com
Thu May 6 22:38:35 UTC 2004


> > What does OSL and ESL stands for?
> 
> Enterprise Source License and OEM Source License.
> 
> I am guessing these are Gluecode-invented names. I have no idea what
> licenses are behind those names. For all we know, OEM Source License
> may be a BSD license!

If those licenses are not approved by OSI, they may not use our
certification mark. We don't care what they "look like."

Lawrence Rosen
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Rousskov [mailto:rousskov at measurement-factory.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:42 PM
> To: Guilherme C. Hazan
> Cc: license-discuss at opensource.org
> Subject: Re: Why "open-source" means "free to distribute"?
> 
> 
> On Thu, 6 May 2004, Guilherme C. Hazan wrote:
> 
> > > The paragraphs you seem to be referring to are not licenses. They only
> > > refer to OSL and ESL licenses.
> >
> > What does OSL and ESL stands for?
> 
> Enterprise Source License and OEM Source License.
> 
> I am guessing these are Gluecode-invented names. I have no idea what
> licenses are behind those names. For all we know, OEM Source License
> may be a BSD license!
> 
> Alex.
> 
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