BSD-like licenses and the OSI approval process
Chris Travers
chris.travers at gmail.com
Wed Oct 17 15:44:41 UTC 2007
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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