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<FONT COLOR="#000000">unless such a proxy submission contradicts the way in which the OSI</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">board operates, it would be very interesting to hear the board's</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">official verdict.</FONT>
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If OSI doesn't consider the proxy license i submitted it seems unlikely the community at large will get the benefit of vetting to a commonly used "open source" license.
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">At this point, I would like to present two use-cases for consideration.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Use-Case 1:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Let's say I develop an application offering 50 different</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">functionalities, 5 of them using third-party software under</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">WhizbangApplicationCompany Public License (aka APL-like license). Can</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">you please imagine my user interface? I would have to have 5 (!) lines</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">of text and logos at the end of each of my screens with links back to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">the third-party software authors. I haven't seen any software's</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">graphical user interface looking so "funny" and I hope OSI won't</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">enforce us going this way by approving such a license.</FONT>
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I've posted an entirely opinionated blog on the matter (disclaimer). Ajeet (and list) check out the image I created to demonstrate what open source applications would look like if UI attribution license were the norm. It's good for a laugh, if it weren't an important issue.<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.nicholasgoodman.com/bt/blog/2006/11/15/open-source-has-a-little-secret-exhibit-b/">http://www.nicholasgoodman.com/bt/blog/2006/11/15/open-source-has-a-little-secret-exhibit-b/</A><BR>
(image of open source application with UI attribution licenses: <A HREF="http://www.nicholasgoodman.com/entry_images/newopensourceapplications.png)">http://www.nicholasgoodman.com/entry_images/newopensourceapplications.png)</A><BR>
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Not an assessment of the license to OSD (that *would* be the OSI approval process of WPL if allowed) but just to open source norms.<BR>
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Kind Regards,<BR>
Nick
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