[License-discuss] Greetings, Earthlings! Need quotes for article

[John Cowan]

Richard Fontana scripsit:

> The OSI should have some sort of process for delisting
> formerly-approved licenses for reasons of failing to actually meet the
> Open Source Definition (or some future replacement of it). That is to
> say, the OSI should be willing to admit that it made a mistake, much
> as a court (while it might ordinarily apply the policy of stare
> decisis) will in certain cases overrule its prior decisions. Clearly
> for policy reasons such actions should be exceptional rather than
> common, and perhaps should be limited to certain licenses that were
> approved during a particular period in the OSI's existence (I would
> guess 2000-2005?).

Fine in principle, but do you actually have examples of such licenses that
contravene the OSD?  (About future revisions, of course, nothing can be said.)

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