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Compare when license was written vs when OSI added it to their list. OSI had to play along with the existing licenses. New licenses get less leeway.
by yencabulator 2y ago
Compare when license was written vs when OSI added it to their list.
OSI had to play along with the existing licenses.
New licenses get less leeway.
- firesteelrain 2y agoI get that but OSI started in 1998 and there were only a few. OSI has reviewed and approved 100 or more licenses. My point still stands - do we really have that many gaps or unique requirements?
- yencabulator 2y agoOSI approved a bunch of pre-existing licenses when it was still establishing itself -- that is, they did not require a "gap" to exist at that time, so your question is based on a flaw premise. For quite a long time now, they've been trying to get people to use the already-approved ones. https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/ https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists....
- firesteelrain 2y agoThat’s not true - OSI has approved about 85 and assumed the rest. They may now want to slow or stop new licenses but that wasn’t the case. My point still stands.