<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Morten,</div><div><br></div><div>Rather than diving too deeply into legal interpretations at this stage, it's possible that the following rule-of-thumb I offer to my clients may help you here. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>If the recipient of some source code unavoidably requires a relationship with the party granting the license in order to use it for any purpose in any location, it should not be considered open source.</div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Obviously there is plenty of nuance to be wrapped around that, but the principle may well help you understand whether your intention is achievable through OSI's approval process.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div><br></div><div>Simon</div><div>(in a personal capacity only)</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 2:48\u202fPM Morten Fruelund via License-discuss <<a href="mailto:license-discuss@lists.opensource.org">license-discuss@lists.opensource.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-7324671978837128288">
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