Re: [License-discuss] Logo for an (O)pen (S)ource (Li)cense (C)ompendium

2012-02-22 Thread Karl Fogel
Reincke, Karsten k.rein...@telekom.de writes: Deutsche Telekom AG (DTAG) is writing an Open Source License Compendium, which we intend to be made available to the whole Open Source community. Large (IT) companies are particularily challenged by the quantity of licenses and their various versions.

[License-discuss] Logo for an (O)pen (S)ource (Li)cense (C)ompendium

2012-02-22 Thread Reincke, Karsten
Dear OSI Experts, Deutsche Telekom AG (DTAG) is writing an Open Source License Compendium, which we intend to be made available to the whole Open Source community. Large (IT) companies are particularily challenged by the quantity of licenses and their various versions. It is becoming quite

Re: [License-discuss] Logo for an (O)pen (S)ource (Li)cense (C)ompendium

2012-02-22 Thread Karl Fogel
[I think Karsten reposted this because there was a moderation delay on the original message, to which I have already responded on-list. Please use that original thread if possible.] -K Reincke, Karsten k.rein...@telekom.de writes: Deutsche Telekom AG (DTAG) is writing an Open Source License

Re: [License-discuss] Logo for an (O)pen (S)ource (Li)cense (C)ompendium

2012-02-22 Thread Reincke, Karsten
Dear Karl; Sorry for posting 'twice'; your first answer didn't arrive me. You asked: I'm not sure what the answer is yet; we'll have to discuss it with the Board. But first, can you tell us whether it is the case that every license discussed in the compendium is OSI-approved? One thing's

Re: [License-discuss] Logo for an (O)pen (S)ource (Li)cense (C)ompendium

2012-02-22 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
Karsten, It might be even more useful for developers* to discuss a wider range of licenses than falls under OSI approved licenses much like CC covers licenses ranging from CC0 to CC-NC-ND. Reference licenses, Academic (non-commerical) licenses, etc all have business uses if your target is large