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Using basic context clues and inference, it's obvious she meant "IS NOT OPEN SOURCE [currently]". The license has not been approved as open source. It may be ev
by bkanber 8y ago
Using basic context clues and inference, it's obvious she meant "IS NOT OPEN SOURCE [currently]". The license has not been approved as open source. It may be eventually, but it is not at present.
- Doctor_Fegg 8y agoNo. She's conflating "an OSI-approved licence" with "open source". The Open Source Definition does not contain a requirement that a licence must be OSI-approved.
- bkanber 8y agoAnd who is the trusted organization that makes the determination whether a license adheres to OSD? Unless you want to hire your own lawyer and make the determination yourself, the world must wait on OSI's review of the license. Until further proof is put forth, I also would not consider the new license to be open source. That is, it is not yet safe to say that this license is open source. This holds true for me, because OSI guidelines are organizationally justifiable and makes my life easier when dealing with auditors.