<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Respectfully, I disagree. The purposes of the OSI, per the bylaws, are: </div><div><br></div><div>Section 2. <strong>SPECIFIC PURPOSES.</strong> Within the context of the
general purposes stated above, this corporation shall: (1) educate the
public about the advantages of open source software; (2) encourage the
software community to participate in open source software development;
(3) identify how software users’ objectives are best served through open
source software; (4) persuade organizations and software authors to
distribute source software freely they otherwise would not distribute;
(5) provide resources for sharing information about open source software
and licenses; <b>(6) assist attorneys to craft open source licenses; </b>(7)
manage a program to allow use of one or more marks in association with
open source software licenses; and (8) advocate for open source
principles. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Doesn't this specific purpose of the organization suggest "it would be important for the organization to have detailed
processes by which determinations are made, and it could make sense for
the organization to actively create guidance that makes clear how the
latest factors of current interest in the industry affect how products
will fit with respect to the lines around the definition"?</div><div><br></div><div>Are not those the exact things that would "assist attorneys to craft open source licenses"?<br></div><div><br></div></div>Thanks,<br>Van<br></div>