On 01/20/2015 10:46 AM, Engel Nyst wrote: > > That doesn't make any sense. How is the open source license not good? > How doesn't it give permissions set out in OSD? And WHY was it approved > if it doesn't comply?
You're missing the point. The open source license is good, does give the permissions set out in the OSD, and does comply with the requirements of the OSD. But meeting one set of requirements for OSD doesn't guarantee it meets some other related set of requirements for inbound=outbound. A license isn't "bad" or "anti-open source" if it doesn't happen to work in an inbound=outbound contribution policy. If you want specific examples, I'd say GPL and Apache both work fine with inbound=outbound. GPL takes a position close to compelling inbound=outbound. Apache 2.0 was specifically designed with inbound=outbound in mind, you can see fingerprints of it all over the text. You're confusing "no comment" for "opposition". OSI makes no comment on whether particular open source licenses are appropriate for use in an inbound=outbound contribution policy. That doesn't mean it's opposed to inbound=outbound. To take this in a more productive direction, you may be interested in some research I started last year, in which early results indicate that inbound=outbound is the most common contribution policy currently used for open source projects, and that DCO is regarded as substantially preferable to CLA or CAA. I still need to write up the study in more detail, but a couple of graphs I've produced so far are useful illustrations. Contribution policies developers have contributed under in the past: https://github.com/allisonrandal/contrib-policy-survey/blob/master/graphs/signed.png Contribution policies developers are willing to contribute under in the future: https://github.com/allisonrandal/contrib-policy-survey/blob/master/graphs/future.png I totally support campaigning for inbound=outbound and DCO, but the OSI FAQ pages aren't the right place to do it. Allison _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
