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Out of curiosity, does the OSI police the term "open source" when not
applied to a license? Centric CRM claims to be an open source company,
and indeed makes it's source code available, but under a license worthy
of the older Microsoft Shared Source program. The license opens with:<br>
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I<i>n particular, our intent is that:</i><br>
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<i>You may use, copy, modify, and make derivative works from the code
for internal</i><br>
<i>use only.</i><br>
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<i>You may not redistribute the code, and you may not sublicense
copies or</i><br>
<i>derivatives of the code, either as software or as a service.<br>
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</i>Sort of at odds with the rest of their marketing as an "open source
CRM company". <br>
stephe<br>
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Rick Moen wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Quoting David A. Temeles, Jr. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dtemeles@nvalaw.com">dtemeles@nvalaw.com</a>):
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For small values of "response".
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<pre wrap="">On what basis can OSI preclude anyone from designating their software
license as "open source"? I am new to this list, but I cannot comprehend
how OSI would have the legal right to preclude anyone from using the phrase
"open source" in any fashion.
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Mu.
You are asking a question based on a fundamental error of fact. (Nobody
talked about such "precluding"; OSI's claim to the canonical definition of
that term in the software context is a matter of history and usage, and
thus rests largely on a moral claim, not to mention the backing of many
interested parties.)
Welcome to the mailing list, anyway. We won't hold that against you. ;->
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Stephen R. Walli
Vice-president, Open Source Development Strategy
Optaros, Inc. (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.optaros.com">http://www.optaros.com</a>)
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