Open Source Initiative

... CRM system. It is fallacious because THESE LICENSES ARE NOT OPEN SOURCE LICENSES . This flagrant abuse of labeling is not unlike sweetening a mild ... Live/Dead Indicator LIVE Agreement, and a Fair Corollary Question Michael, I'm very pleased to see your newly ...

Blog entry - Michael Tiemann - 2007-08-24 16:11 - 51 comments - 0 attachments

... wider varieties of fairly traded coffee, and while many fair trade NGOs continue to complain that Starbucks is not all the way there, ... and more software under the GPL (and other open source licenses), and while many strict free software folks have not accepted Sun's ...

Blog entry - Michael Tiemann - 2008-06-20 18:41 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... In the past I've advocated for fair treatment of Microsoft with respect to the license approval process. And after approving two of Microsoft's licenses I've also written posts that have been critical of what I consider ...

Blog entry - Michael Tiemann - 2008-07-25 21:15 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... report   .:: Licenses that are popular and widely used or with strong communities ::. ... * Eiffel Forum License V2.0 * Fair License * Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer ...

Page - nelson - 2008-07-09 21:09 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... handle Microsoft's planned submission of some of its licenses for OSD certification. That debate has been been going on within OSI, ... have displayed for Microsoft so far. Although it is "fair" to weigh license submissions on their merits alone, the fact remains that ...

Blog entry - esr - 2007-08-31 03:25 - 14 comments - 0 attachments

The following licenses have been approved by the OSI via the License Review Process . ... Artistic license 2.0 Attribution Assurance Licenses New and Simplified BSD licenses Boost Software License ... Forum License V2.0 Entessa Public License Fair License Frameworx License GNU General Public License (GPL) ...

Page - Michael Tiemann - 2008-06-17 19:50 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... On. This is extremely disappointing because we spend a fair bit of money and a fair bit of time in Chicago to advance our agenda, ... Report recommendation due to similarity to previous licenses, Mr. Tiemann seconds. Five yes votes, one abstention. Motion carries. ...

Page - acoliver - 2008-07-26 16:57 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... in the case of network server software. The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed to take away ... a covered work. This License acknowledges your rights of fair use or other equivalent, as provided by copyright law. You may ...

Page - nelson - 2008-06-24 21:24 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... Contributor and each Subsequent Contributor grants the licenses to its Contributions set forth herein, no representation, warranty, ... shall be in all cases construed simply according to its fair meaning, and not strictly for or against any of the parties hereto. Any ...

Page - nelson - 2008-06-24 21:26 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... and those circumventions also work against the fair bargain that makes open source an attractive basis for commercial success. ... a much-needed update added to the roster of OSI-approved licenses, and we will be in a position to encourage those whose business ...

Blog entry - Michael Tiemann - 2007-03-29 03:01 - 12 comments - 0 attachments