Re: [License-discuss] OSI definition

2021-01-31 Thread Johnny A. Solbu
On Tuesday 26 January 2021 17:07, Mat K. Witts wrote: > > Yes, on its own. It's a group. > > Show me the group then. What/who does it contain that is not either an > officer, shareholder, subsidiary company, customer, client or > representative officer. When you strike out a company, nobody ceases

Re: [License-discuss] OSI definition

2021-01-31 Thread Pamela Chestek
I believe this line of discussion, whether or not corporations are people, has been exhausted and no minds are going to be changed. I suggest it's time to end it. Pam Pamela Chestek Chair, License Committee Open Source Initiative On 1/26/2021 11:24 AM, Mat K. Witts wrote: This thread consist

Re: [License-discuss] OSI definition

2021-01-31 Thread Mat K. Witts
> This thread consists of the list offering consensus that your license fails > the OSD and you replying “nope, you guys are all wrong” That a good description, yes, and yet replies like this one don't fit that description, so that may need further explanation. Many of my replies involve me agr

Re: [License-discuss] OSI definition

2021-01-31 Thread Mat K. Witts
> Yes, on its own. It's a group. Show me the group then. What/who does it contain that is not either an officer, shareholder, subsidiary company, customer, client or representative officer. When you strike out a company, nobody ceases to exist, it's just the legal entity. That ought to tell you al

Re: [License-discuss] OSI definition

2021-01-31 Thread Mat K. Witts
On 25/01/2021 03:19, Russell Nelson wrote: > Just to be really clear, the *purpose* of leftcopy is to discriminate > against a group. Nope. Company officers, ('the board'), shareholders, customers, affiliates, subsidiary undertakings can all use leftcopy. > As such, there is no waffling, no indecis