On 26/10/2023 11:16, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
In my experience, the enforceability of a license is derived from the ability
to ensure that downstream distributors comply with the license's obligations,
and not from the ability of the licensor to grant permission to make use of the
licensed software.
So it is completely possible for a license to grant all permissions required by
the OSD, but for its list of distribution obligations to be unenforceable for
various reasons. Such a license could be approved by the OSI as an 'open source
license', and yet be one that everyone is discouraged from using.
+1
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