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[Subscriptions] Time to adopt a real open source license?

Submitted by Guest on Sat, 23/06/2007 - 21:46
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The Open Source Initiative is getting tough on any vendors who claim to be open source despite not actually using a license approved by the OSI. From opensource.org: [i]Open Source has grown up. Now it is time for us to stand up. I believe that when we do, the vendors who ignore our norms will suddenly recognize that they really do need to make a choice: to label their software correctly and honestly, or to license it with an OSI-approved license that matches their open source label. And when they choose the latter, I'll give them a shout out, as history shows.[/i] Read more here: [url]http://www.opensource.org/node/163[/url].
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Re: Time to adopt a real open source license?

Submitted by tony on Mon, 25/06/2007 - 12:19.
Dear OpenSourceAdvocate (??) Thank you for your post. As you can see from the previous posts on this issue and the license summary we posted with our license document at http://confluence.openvpms.org/confluence/display/LICENSE/Home at the time we put this project together we thought long and hard about our license, open source and the OSI definition. At the time we and many promoting the open source approach to software development had significant discussions about the open source definition. I must have read 200 articles and many more forum posts concerning the specific topic of the open source definition. At the same time we needed to get the project off the ground and we needed funding to do this. In the end we chose a model that most closely matched the open source definition but provided us with a means to support initial and ongoing development. We concurrently put in place a not-for-profit structure that protected both the open source ideals and the project as a whole. Two years later we have a viable community, a viable project, Industry support and we have opened up the mind of a whole new industry to the benefits of the open source approach. A good start but obviously heaps more to do .. So, pragmatic decisions, ideals and results aside now it would seem we have an issue with calling ourselves open source according to the OSI definition. Do we care ? Of Course Can we do anything about it ? Hope so but not sure. Definitely willing to give it a red hot go as long as the end result is still a viable open source project for our industry. Can you help ? Absolutely. By contributing some insight into the definitions and telling us the areas you think we not adhere and providing some practical solutions so we can meet them. I very much look forward to your insights and contributions. Kind Regards Tony De Keizer
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