On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Tzeng, Nigel H. > If you really want to present a neutral "Popular/Widely Used/Strong" list > then use one developed from actual metrics of what is widely used. The > OSRC one is the one I typically refer to. You'd want to remove the > non-OSI approved licenses off that list. > > http://osrc.blackducksoftware.com/data/licenses/ > > If you don't like that data set then pick another comprehensive data set > to base the widely used list on.
As previously suggested, the issue of replacing the existing "by categories" groupings is an extremely fraught one and one that I think will require an extremely long-term discussion to address. That said, there is clearly interest in having objective criteria of some sort, either to replace or to supplement the current criteria. I thank Nigel for not just saying that, but actually providing a specific example :) So, here's another call for discussion: What objective, factual criteria would you use to supplement or replace the current categories? Ideally, suggestions for criteria would include either: 1) a reliable third-party data source (like the blackduck survey Nigel pointed to) or 2) suggestions on how to gather the data. This need not be super-practical, but of course suggestions that require OSI to build software or hire data-analysts (or conjure volunteers to build *and maintain* those things) will be harder to implement. :) Unlike the other thread, when this thread wraps up/peters out, there won't be any immediate action taken. But if there are good suggestions I think they'll feed a lot of people's long-term thinking, and (perhaps) in the medium term they could be used to supplement to the current categories. Luis _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
