[LUAU] the OSI is a danger to Software Freedom

Jim Thompson jim at netgate.com
Sun Aug 26 14:45:55 PDT 2007


The GPLv2 is an OSI-approved license, no?

(GPLv3 is still being considered.  Of course, Microsoft's new "open  
source" licenses are also... being considered.)

Jim

On Aug 25, 2007, at 10:55 AM, Dave Burns wrote:

> Sounds like it is bad news for the GPL too, or were you just lumping
> GPL together with OSI?
>
> On 8/25/07, Jim Thompson <jim at netgate.com> wrote:
>>
>>  From the blog of the General Counsel, (pro bono), of the Open Source
>> Initiative:
>> http://lawandlifesiliconvalley.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-open-source-
>> legal-decision-jacobsen.html
>>
>> Watch now as OSI licenses start to fall like dominoes before the
>> assault of Microsoft and others.
>>
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