Official License Anti-Proliferation policy?

[Steve Mallett]

http://opensource.org/docs/policy/licenseproliferation.php

On Apr 11, 2005 8:06 PM, Ernest Prabhakar <prabhaka at apple.com> wrote:
> Dear OSI,
> 
> Is this for real, or just media rumor-mongering?  Not that I
> particularly mind either way, but I'd like to be sure. :-)
> 
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1783791,00.asp
> > The Open Source Initiative board on Wednesday adopted a new way of
> > approving open-source licenses, as well as a new classification
> > system for existing licensees, at its meeting at the Open Source
> > Business Conference in San Francisco.
> >
> > ...
> > From now on, the group says, "Approved licenses must meet three new
> > criteria of being a) nonduplicative, b) clear and understandable,
> > and c) reusable."
> > ...
> > At the same time, to deal with the small mountain of already
> > existing open-source licenses, the OSI will classify them as
> > falling under one of three tiers: "preferred,"
> > "ordinary" ("approved") or "deprecated."
> 
> Sorry if this forces anybody's hand, but I wanted to raise the issue
> here first to get the official response if possible, since the story
> is already circulating.
> 
> Thanks,
> -- Ernie P.
> 
> 


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