[CAVO] [License-discuss] SF - LAFCO open source voting draft

Jim Jagielski jim at jaguNET.com
Wed May 27 16:39:34 UTC 2015


> On May 27, 2015, at 11:53 AM, Patrick Masson <masson at opensource.org> wrote:
> 
> I would also add that OSI approval creates trust.

I'd say more that trust. Let's be blunt: The legal issues related
to using, consuming and/or leveraging open source are legend.
Use of a non OSI-approved "open source" license is simply a
guarantee to spend huge amounts of billable hours having
one's legal team vet the license, if anyone even bothers to
*consider* a non-OSI license in the first place. An OSI approved
license lowers a LOT of barriers to entry.



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