Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 18th Aug 2007 20:13 UTC
The OSI License-Discuss mailing list has been ablaze for the past few days since Microsoft submitted its Permissive License to the OSI for official open source license approval. Jon Rosenberg, source program director for Microsoft, posted, "Microsoft believes that this license provides unique value to the open source community by delivering simplicity, brevity, and permissive terms combined with intellectual property protection."
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That’s funny, I read the article, and the newsgroup too!
) and yet, still, no one said “reject it because Microsoft made it”.
Their discussion is never purely about legal matters.
How many people said it should be rejected because it is by Microsoft?
None? You’re right!
DiBona flagged some issues he wanted them to discuss, some OSI members suggested they not encourage that kinda thing, Hilf responded with “Google is nasty“ (yeah, I can paraphrase badly too
You need to remember to not get mixed up in the political reasons.