On 02/17/2012 08:39 AM, Josselin Mouette wrote: > This looks very good on paper, but as others have mentioned, the OSI has > taken various decisions that were in complete contradiction with the > Debian project, especially on accepting non-free licenses as “open > source”. While it would be nice to see their decision process evolve to > become saner on this matter, I’m very worried to see Debian’s name used > to condone licenses we would not accept. > > Therefore, having an advisor from the Project at OSI would be nice, but > in no situation should Debian’s name be affiliated with OSI until we > have seen over several years that their behavior has effectively > changed, and that “open source” certifications for non-free licenses > have been revoked.
Hi Josselin, Just to give context to your email, could you provide a list with the OSI-approved licenses that you call non-free? (Maybe a link) That way every one else knows which licenses are you talking about exactly. Regards. -- Jose Luis Rivas - GPG: 0x7C4DF50D / 0xCACAB118 The Debian Project Developer -- http://ghostbar.ath.cx Barquisimeto, Venezuela
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