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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/20/20 8:48 AM, Russell McOrmond
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<div dir="auto"> Note I’m not saying: “change the OSD to allow
ethical licenses,” I’m saying “work hand in hand to account
for the concerns of the broader community to find reasonable
solutions that meet those concerns.”</div>
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<div>We have already accounted for those concerns, if only people
were open enough to listen.</div>
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<p>The history of the OSI is filled with people who think the
creator of the work needs more control. Decades of attempts to
loosen the OSD. We have resisted these clarion calls and been
successful in spite of them. Yes, Tobie, we will listen to your
concerns, but please understand that you are not the first and
will not be the last to want and not get changes.</p>
<p>Restrictions spur creativity. Look at BitKeeper. They wanted to
be the standard Open Source code repository. Heck, they *were* the
kernel repository for a few years. But they weren't willing to
comply with the strictures imposed by the OSD (and there was much
discussion about that). What happened? Linus wrote git. Sure,
people have Issues with git (but read
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://tom.preston-werner.com/2009/05/19/the-git-parable.html?HN">https://tom.preston-werner.com/2009/05/19/the-git-parable.html?HN</a>),
but it's open source and been successfully adopted by many
parties.</p>
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