well, there might be a scope issue here. "for a particular purpose, non OSI approved licenses are not considered open source'
But perhaps that's implicit in the context and only confusing for me because you quoted a piece out of context - that's what Brian implies. Grahame On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Lawrence Rosen <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Allison and Grahame, I'll have to be more precise next time. You > can help me. What would you suggest we say when the OSET Foundation > proposes > a voting or election system with a non-OSI-approved "open source license" > called OPL: > > > http://static1.squarespace.com/static/528d46a2e4b059766439fa8b/t/53558db1e4b > 0191d0dc6912c/1398115761233/OPL_FAQ_Apr14.pdf. > > Should OSI say more than "not approved"? > > /Larry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Allison Randal [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:44 PM > To: [email protected]; Lawrence Rosen > Cc: CAVO > Subject: Re: [CAVO] [License-discuss] SF - LAFCO open source voting draft > > On 05/26/2015 02:44 PM, Grahame Grieve wrote: > > "ALL OSI-approved licenses are open source. Other licenses are not" > > > > I don't think that the last bit is right. > > > > "other licenses cannot be known to be" or "other licenses may not be" > > - but you can't outright claim that just because OSI has not approved > > a license, it's *not* open source > > Yes, good clarification. That's certainly not what we meant to imply. > Mainly we were focused on the fact that the set of open source licenses > includes more than just the GPL. > > Allison > _______________________________________________ > CAVO mailing list > [email protected] > http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cavo > > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss > -- ----- http://www.healthintersections.com.au / [email protected] / +61 411 867 065
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