[License-discuss] SF - LAFCO open source voting draft

[Grahame Grieve]

"ALL OSI-approved licenses are open source. Other licenses are not"

I don't think that the last bit is right.

"other licenses cannot be known to be" or "other licenses may not be" - but
you can't outright claim that just because OSI has not approved a license,
it's *not* open source

Grahame


On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 5:26 AM, Lawrence Rosen <lrosen at rosenlaw.com> wrote:

> OSI is now hosting the open source California Association of Voting
> Officials (CAVO). Thanks OSI!
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> There was a question on that email list recently about why CAVO prefers
> GPLv3 for voting software. I had recommended GPLv3 to CAVO several months
> earlier. Below was my response.
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> The local government agency officer who asked about CAVO's open source
> licensing had been confused by some commercial organizations who are
> promoting non-open licenses for their voting and elections software.
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> The final line below (not the actual license recommendation!) is the
> message that OSI wants to send. Right?
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> /Larry
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> > My understanding is GPLv3 is the CAVO preference from OSI standards..
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> Yes, for reasons relating to reassurance that all derivative works will be
> acceptable for voting around the world. The "strength" and "popularity" of
> the GPLv3 make it a good license for universal voting software.
>
> But that doesn't mean that the GPLv3 must be the only open source license
> used for free software.
>
> ALL OSI-approved licenses are open source. Other licenses are not.
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