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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At <A
href="http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/">http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/</A>
I find:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"developerWorks hosts a variety of open source
projects, all under open source licenses approved by the <A
href="http://www.opensource.org/">Open Source Initiative</A>. Many are licensed
under the <A
href="http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/license10.html">IBM
Public License</A>. The <A
href="http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/license-cpl.html">Common
Public License</A>, which is under review by the OSI, modifies the IPL by
removing wording requiring IBM as the original program creator."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm afraid I missed any discussion of Common Public
License Version 0.5 that may have taken place earlier (nor have I found an
archive of this list). Could someone please give a summary of past
discussion on the Common Public License and kind of a status report of
where it is in the OSI review/approval process?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Greg</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>