[License-discuss] How can we as a community help empower authors outside license agreements?

[Gil Yehuda]

I'd like to learn if either is in play as a motivation, or if it is
something else. Perhaps someone with insight into and speaks on behalf of
the Ethical Source Movement can help clarify. It makes a difference.

Gil Yehuda: I help with external technology engagement



On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:52 AM Kevin P. Fleming <kevin+osi at km6g.us> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:44 AM Gil Yehuda via License-discuss
> <license-discuss at lists.opensource.org> wrote:
>
> > tl;dr: What about the classification "Source-available" is insufficient
> for the Ethical Source movement such that changing the OSD is seen as a
> benefit? Why not proceed developing and enhancing the Ethical Source
> movement materials and work with the Source-available movement to refine
> their categories such that Ethical Source is best understood as a
> source-available scheme? I believe that's what it seeks to be.
>
> I'm not obligated to guess, but I'll offer two possibilities:
>
> 1) "Open Source" has significant brand value.
>
> 2) "Source Available" is very commonly the model chosen by proprietary
> software companies who want to make the source code available but
> don't allow distribution, don't accept contributions, etc. That's
> pretty far from the 'open source development' methodology.
>
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