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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Richard Fontana wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>> FWIW the Fedora Project has identified OSI-approved licenses it believes do not meet the Free Software Definition (most of these, but I think not all, are based on the FSF's own judgments).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>FWIW, I am intentionally NOT a member of FSF nor a supporter of their license judgments. Fedora Project can of course do what it wants, but please don't foist FSF "software freedom" judgments on "open source principles" honored by OSI.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Also FWIW, these are the "open source principles" that I wrote about in Chapter 1 of my book, and that the Prentice Hall graphic illustrator drew on the cover like a legal parchment:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><b>Open source licensees are free to:<o:p></o:p></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b>Use open source software for any purpose<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b>Make and distribute copies<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b>Create and distribute derivative works<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b>Access and use the source code<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b>Combine open source and other software<o:p></o:p></b></li></ul><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Also FWIW, Richard Stallman told me at that time that the only principle he quarreled with was the fifth one. But that principle is fundamental to guarantee a shared commons of open source software regardless of its specific approved license! Only the GPL/AGPL are exceptions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Argue against them if you wish, but at least these principles are more meaningful than the phrase "software freedom."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>/Larry <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: License-discuss <license-discuss-bounces@lists.opensource.org> On Behalf Of Richard Fontana<br>Sent: Monday, June 3, 2019 1:16 PM<br>To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org<br>Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Evolving the License Review process for OSI</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 11:32 AM Smith, McCoy <<a href="mailto:mccoy.smith@intel.com"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>mccoy.smith@intel.com</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> [...] might there also be room for a "grandfathered, non-OSD compliant, new works using this license are not Open Source" category?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I'd be interested in volunteering if there ever were a committee to review the current list to identify any listed licenses that do not (or might not) conform to the OSD.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I would also be interested in such an effort. FWIW the Fedora Project has identified OSI-approved licenses it believes do not meet the Free Software Definition (most of these, but I think not all, are based on the FSF's own judgments).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Richard<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>License-discuss mailing list<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:License-discuss@lists.opensource.org"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>License-discuss@lists.opensource.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>