Chip Salzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it 'Open Source'? The OSD says it is.
Hrm.. maybe I didn't understand your response to my point about revocation clauses then: Take the case of some Open Source software which automatically expires one day after download from the official site. Now, obviously very few developers are going to want to have anything to do with this piece of software. But, let's say that there's a Big Name distributing this stuff -- they've got their own developers so no big problem to Big Name. The problem is that if anyone bases their decision based on Open Source certification they'll find themselves up a creek when they hit the license revocation conditions. If they can hit those conditions without doing anything unreasonable, they've had their trust betrayed. -- Raul
