>>I don't see anything on that page with gives you, the OSI, the legal right to declare things as being opensource or not. Sorry, who said anything about a "le

>>I don't see anything on that page with gives you, the OSI, the legal right to declare things as being opensource or not. Sorry, who said anything about a "legal" right? Maybe you're reading too much into the OP's comment. Mongo submitted an application at OSI, and OSI is saying that currently, they don't consider Mongo open-source, based on their own definition. Perhaps you're just confused?