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John Cowan wrote:
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<pre wrap="">As I explained earlier, OSD #2 is about open source software, not about
open source licenses. A license is open source if it complies with #1
and #3-10. Software is open source if it complies with #2 and is licensed
under an open source license.
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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Thanks for your patient in
explaining to me. Finally, I understand what you meaning. OSD #1 and
#3-10 all restrict the license must comply to something and #2 only
saying the program must include the source in *some way*. Then I come
up with this conclusion:<br>
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A program licensed with an OSI approved license and the program
included source in a way comply to OSD #2, then this program can be
called itself *open source*. Otherwise NOT. <br>
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However, I think opensource.org should mention this point somewhere in
the site e.g. most suitable place is OSD page. As for a general user
like me, after reading OSD will thinking all program licensed with OSI
approved license comply to OSD (including #2) which may not be the
case!!!<br>
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Besides, I would like to know if a site mention its software is open
source. Then it must comply to OSD, otherwise they have the risk of
being sue later. Can I say that?<br>
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