BSD-like licenses and the OSI approval process

[Chris Travers]

On 10/16/07, Philippe Verdy <verdy_p at wanadoo.fr> wrote:


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> So if the fact that they use "open source" terms for describing the licence
> does not matter. We are ONLY interested in the compatibility of the licence
> with our set of approved licences. And for me this is just enough, however
> IANAL...

However, taking this viewpoint will effectively prevent the OSI from
asserting that non-OSI approved licenses should not be called open
source (as Mr Tiemann has argued in his blog).

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers

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