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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/19/20 11:23 AM, John Cowan wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at
10:17 AM Russell Nelson <<a
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On 3/18/20 12:40 PM, John Cowan wrote: </blockquote>
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> Note that I am fully supportive of the position that
there may be and <br>
> are Open Source licenses, in the sense of meeting the
OSD's terms, <br>
> that are not OSI Certified (TM).<br>
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Who decides that?<br>
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<div>You, me, or anyone else.<br>
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<p>So is the OSI brand is worthless? No better than you, me, or
anyone else? I disagree with that. We have a reputation that we
stand behind. OSI certification is more important than any other
entity's claim of open-source-ness.<br>
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