Bryant Durrell wrote: >On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 08:12:26AM -0400, Doug Meerschaert wrote: > >>Eric Lemings wrote: >> >>>I just wanted to ask a question. Has anyone considered if the OGL >>>meets the criteria defined by the OSD >>>(http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php) and, if not, what it >>>would take to make the OGL compliant with the OSD? >>> >>Looks like it to me--although use of trademarks, PI, or non-OGC might >>throw a wrench in it. >> > >I've emailed both the OSF and GNU about the question, but never got >any response. > The OGL is explicitly designed to allow the release of commercial products which cannot be trivially copied and redistributed. This is anathema to the GNU folks. I suspect if they were exposed to the OGL, they would react to it like vampires react to a cross.
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