what *is* the approval process? [was Re: License Committee Report for July 2007]

Russ Nelson nelson at crynwr.com
Wed Aug 1 05:13:10 UTC 2007


Luis Villa writes:
 > Indeed. The FSF went to great lengths to ensure that v3 was credible,
 > and has apparently succeeded. If OSI doesn't approve it, people will
 > question OSI, not FSF/v3. (When I've mentioned today's discussion in
 > IRC, the universal reaction has been 'you mean OSI hasn't already
 > approved it?')

We haven't approved it because it hasn't gone through license-discuss
yet.  Pace Andrew Oliver, we don't approve licenses that haven't gone
through the process.

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