Blogger claiming "shared source" is approved by OSI

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Sun Oct 21 01:23:39 UTC 2007


Sam Ramji wrote:

> I have focused on not calling Shared Source projects "Open Source".
> The two are not the same, and satisfying the OSD is *not* the same as
> being approved by the OSI.

Thank you.  As far as I know, all of the other Shared Source licenses
fail to comply with the OSD for various reasons (Windows-specific, no
modifications, etc.).

Matt Flaschen



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