Hi Shane Open Source Initiative consider that to be "open source" a project cannot be published under NDA. (see below) http://www.opensource.org/osr
The question is : is Open Source Initiative stupid to ask for this requirement ? Look at the board members before to say that they are stupid : http://www.opensource.org/board Personally I believe that this requirement is normal and problems that we have now with Android are a good demonstration : the community out of the NDA is locked and unhappy. Regards Andre Charles Legendre http://www.opensource.org/osr Open Standards Requirement for Software Mon, 2006-07-24 22:14 — Michael Tiemann The Requirement An "open standard" must not prohibit conforming implementations in open source software. The Criteria To comply with the Open Standards Requirement, an "open standard" must satisfy the following criteria. If an "open standard" does not meet these criteria, it will be discriminating against open source developers. 1. No Intentional Secrets: The standard MUST NOT withhold any detail necessary for interoperable implementation. As flaws are inevitable, the standard MUST define a process for fixing flaws identified during implementation and interoperability testing and to incorporate said changes into a revised version or superseding version of the standard to be released under terms that do not violate the OSR. 2. Availability: The standard MUST be freely and publicly available (e.g., from a stable web site) under royalty-free terms at reasonable and non-discriminatory cost. 3. Patents: All patents essential to implementation of the standard MUST: * be licensed under royalty-free terms for unrestricted use, or * be covered by a promise of non-assertion when practiced by open source software 4. No Agreements: There MUST NOT be any requirement for execution of a license agreement, NDA, grant, click-through, or any other form of paperwork to deploy conforming implementations of the standard. 5. No OSR-Incompatible Dependencies: Implementation of the standard MUST NOT require any other technology that fails to meet the criteria of this Requirement. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
