Ghostscript is now AGPLd, for what its worth...
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Lawrence Rosen <[email protected]> wrote: > Fred Trotter wrote: > > First, I would like for the OSI and FSF people on this list to consider > > some kind of new status for a license, like "OSI tolerated" > > or "OSI Not Open Source But It Doesn't Suck" , or > > "Not Free Software but tolerated for this purpose" or something like. > > Hi Fred, > > I actually like the Ghostscript/Aladdin license, which was essentially > GPL-after-one-year. I was their attorney at the time and I fully supported > their business and licensing model. (For what it is worth, so did my > client's friend, Richard Stallman, who apparently considered this a > reasonable way then to end up with GPL software.) That said, you should > note > that the Ghostscript commercial licensor no longer uses the "time-delayed > open source" model. You should perhaps talk directly to the folks at > Artifex > to understand their experience with it. In any event, you are free to use > this model if you want to! > > Your suggestion for a special OSI/FSF license category suffers from another > problem: Several of the licenses on the current OSI list (including some > licenses recommended by automated license recommendation tools touted > around > here) already are "Open Source But They Suck Anyway." OSI and FSF both have > proven to be sometimes bad judges of license suckiness. Such categories > won't help much, given the wide differences of opinions and "business" > models around here. > > /Larry > > Lawrence Rosen > Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a technology law firm (www.rosenlaw.com) > 3001 King Ranch Rd., Ukiah, CA 95482 > Office: 707-485-1242 > Linkedin profile: http://linkd.in/XXpHyu > > > -----Original Message----- > From: fred trotter [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 2:12 AM > To: [email protected]; Michael Widenius; [email protected]; > [email protected]; Eben Moglen; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; Roberto C. Rondero de Mosier > Subject: [License-discuss] Open Source Eventually License Development > <snip> > > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss > -- Director of atypical intellectual property, Google Inc. Our open source and developer programs can be found at http://developers.google.com/open-source/ Site, Bio, Pics: http://dibona.com Google Plus: https://google.com/+cdibona Twitter: @cdibona
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