On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 02:04:04PM +0100, Mirko Boehm wrote: > Hi, > > at the Microsoft presentation at the summit of newthinking I took a note > to check the conditions under which the OData standard (the OASIS open > data standard proposal, heavily industry influence) is licensed. Turns > out it is the "Microsoft open specification promise" found here: > http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/osp/default.aspx > > Was there already an analysis of how these terms align with our > understanding of what an open standard is? And if not, is this something > where we should communicate actively?
The following text discusses, that this "promise" is not sufficient to rely on for Free Software: https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/osp-gpl.html -- AKFoerster <http://AKFoerster.de/> _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
