As an aside, this article links to Wikipedia to insinuate that there's some ongoing problem with the OSI and it's likely to fade in importance. Wikipedia, in tu

As an aside, this article links to Wikipedia to insinuate that there's some ongoing problem with the OSI and it's likely to fade in importance. Wikipedia, in turn, mentions two recent problems. The first is that Bruce Perens left the OSI because they were considering approving a license that he thought wasn't open source - so this doesn't back up the idea that the OSI is too cautious with licenses and that the sentiment is shifting in the direction of accepting more licenses as "open source" than the OSI would want to. The second is that ESR got banned from the mailing lists. If you believe his version of the story, it was because he spoke up in favor of keeping the OSD intact. If you believe the OSI's version of the story, it was because of his behavior. Yes, this was technically controversial (ESR seems to be extraordinarily good at having controversy follow wherever he goes), but again, neither interpretation backs up the idea that people want the OSI to be more liberal about licensing. I think this Wikipedia section is all undue weight which could be justifiably removed, and I think it's weird that this post points to the (mutable) Wikipedia article to make its point.