Why "open-source" means "free to distribute"?

[clay graham]

>used with their permission. The permission required is described

um, i think this could be misunderstood. you don't need thier
*permission* you need to meet the guidelines that they require. this
does not require written permission per se (at least that I can find) as
long as you are distributing your code under an existing OSI License.

what does require involvement with the OSI board is a *new* license.

which Gluecode would need to do to use the OSI cert for either of
licenses (doubtful).

Clay



On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 16:57, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> "Guilherme C. Hazan" <palm-experts at superwaba.com.br> writes:
> 
> > What we need to do to place the logo at our site? Just get it and put in the
> > html?
> 
> The logo is trademarked by the Open Source Initiative.  It may only be
> used with their permission.  The permission required is described
> here:
>     http://opensource.org/docs/certification_mark.php
> 
> It may be that gluecode is using the trademark without following the
> required permissions.  If so, that would be unlawful.  An official
> representative of the Open Source Initiative should contact them to
> check.
> 
> Ian
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