Re: [License-discuss] Open source software licenses and the OSD

2018-11-10 Thread Lawrence Rosen
Bruce, I support your efforts for open standards and royalty-free patents. However, a couple of warnings for OSI over-reach in these areas. You are not alone. Please incorporate our own previous efforts, with the support of attorneys from many software companies and foundations, toward thos

Re: [License-discuss] Open source software licenses and the OSD

2018-11-10 Thread Bruce Perens
Nicholas, No problem. OSI is fighting in the standards arena and the EU with very well-funded entities that insist that Open Source is only about copyright and wish to assert their royalties on standard-essential patents when there is an Open Source implementation. The way they have gone about it