Zooko O'Whielacronx writes: > So if I understand correctly, the Simple Permissive License and the > (ideally edited) Fair License both pass the litmus test of OSD. In > addition to approving licenses which meet the OSD, the OSI also > prefers to slow the proliferation of substantially similar > licenses, and is therefore loathe to approve the Simple Permissive > License. Finally, it seems that brevity in a license is not > valued, or else that the value of brevity is outside the scope of > the approval process.
Not in-and-of itself, particularly when you're talking about a license which is well understood like the MIT license. > Another thing I don't understand is if the "let's not proliferate > substantially similar licenses" reasoning should not also apply to > the approval of the Fair License. What is it substantially similar to? -- --My blog is at angry-economist.russnelson.com | Coding in Python Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | is like 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | sucking on sugar. Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | Sweet! -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
