<div dir="ltr">Hi Luis,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 1:34 AM, Luis Villa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:luis@lu.is" target="_blank">luis@lu.is</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>As an example of the lack of transparency Kyle is (patiently, politely) pointing out,</div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>FSF approval is not mentioned in the mission, the OSD, or any other OSI document, as far as I'm aware. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Huh? This is a mailing list discussion and there's no suggestion this is part of any formal process.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>So it is un-transparent, even to a well-intentioned and fairly sophisticated drafter like Kyle, why it should be diagnostic for OSI approval.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Seems to me any license that is approved by only one of {OSI, FSF, Debian} is an indicator of an unaddressed issue. So, simply as an exercise of reflection, asking if one's license will be approved by all is a great pre-flight check.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div></div><br clear="all"><div>S.</div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Simon Phipps</b> <font size="1"><a href="http://webmink.com/" target="_blank">http://webmink.com</a><div style="display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px"> </div></font><div><font size="1"><i>Office:</i><span> <span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice">+1 (415) 683-7660</span></span></span> </span><i>or</i><span> +44 <span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice">(238) 098 7027</span></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="1"><i>Signal/Mobile</i>: +44 <span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice">774 776 2816</span></span></span></font><i><br></i></div></div><div><font size="1"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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