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--></style></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>Da: </b>"Mariano" <morion@tiscali.it><br><b>A: </b>"License-review@lists.opensource.org" <License-review@lists.opensource.org><br><b>Inviato: </b>Venerdì, 1 settembre 2023 10:58:42<br><b>Oggetto: </b>[License-review] Request for OSI Certification<br></blockquote></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Good morning, I would like to submit for your kind attention a request for OSI Certification for my Open Source project named Speedcrypt. I intend to distribute it under GNU General Public License v3. Speedcrypt is a file encryptor and will be distributed with the source code. I am expecting your kind feedback. I am available for further clarification. Thank you.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Mariano Ortu</p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Dear Mariano,<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Thank you for reaching out.<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I am afraid this list is only to submit and discuss licenses which claim to comply with the OSD. The GNU GPLv3 is in the list of approved licenses, therefore I am under the impression we could not help you with your request.<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>On a more general note, if you want to familiarize a bit more with the underlying legal concepts of Open Source licensing, may I direct you to my introductory work, available in Italian as a freely downloadable, CC-licensed "Open Source, Software Libero E Altre Libertà ", <a href="https://www.ledizioni.it/prodotto/c-piana-open-source-software-libero-altre-liberta/">https://www.ledizioni.it/prodotto/c-piana-open-source-software-libero-altre-liberta/ </a>Mind, this is not an officially recommended reading by OSI, just a personal suggestion (no personal gain of any type, not even ads or referrals or collected data).<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Cheers<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Carlo (in his personal capacity)<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div></div></body></html>