[License-review] Legacy license suggestion: WordNet

Josh Berkus josh at berkus.org
Fri May 2 23:00:01 UTC 2025


On 4/30/25 12:42, McCoy Smith wrote:
> 1. The obligations apply to internal use. That violates Freedom Zero. 
> Freedom Zero isn't part of the OSD but I've always perceived it as 
> inherently part of it. So you'd be approving a Freedom Zero violating 
> license if you approve this one (which I don't think OSI has ever done).

Is requiring a copy of the license to remain attached during internal 
distribution really violate freedom zero though?  I'd argue that this is 
implied by other licenses as well.

Or is this about the really weird final requirement?

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Josh Berkus


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